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LEIBNIZ IN PARIS 1672-1676: HIS GROWTH TO MATHEMATICAL By Joseph H. Hofmann
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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- βVery good in V.G. D.J.β
- ISBN-10
- 0521202582
- Book Title
- Leibniz in Paris 1672-1676: His Growth to Mathematical Maturity
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- ISBN
- 9780521202589
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521202582
ISBN-13
9780521202589
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2504001
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
381 Pages
Publication Name
Leibniz in Paris 1672-1676
Language
English
Publication Year
1974
Subject
History & Philosophy, Individual Philosophers, History
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Mathematics, Philosophy, Technology & Engineering
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
27.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
73-080469
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
510/.92/4
Table Of Content
1. Introduction; 2. The 'Accessio ad Arithmeticam Infinitorum'; 3. The first visit to London; 4. Oldenburg's communication of 6 (16) April 1673; 5. The great discoveries of the year 1673; 6. Readings in contemporary mathematical literature; 7. First communication about the new results; 8. The quarrel over rectification; 9. Disputes about clocks; 10. Leibniz receives first details of Gregory's and Newton's work; 11. Studies in algebra; 12. The meeting with Tschirnhaus; 13. The invention of the calculus; 14. Dispute about Descartes' method; 15. The report on Gregory's results and Pell's methods; 16. Newton's first letter for Leibniz; 17. Leibniz' reply; 18. Tschirnhaus' reaction; 19. Newton's second letter for Leibniz; 20. The second visit to London; 21. Conclusion.
Synopsis
When Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz first arrived in Paris in 1672 he was a well-educated, sophisticated young diplomat who had yet to show any real sign of his latent mathematical abilities. Over his next four crowded, formative years, which Professor Hofmann analyses in detail, he grew to be one of the outstanding mathematicians of the age and to found the modern differential calculus. In Paris, Leibniz rapidly absorbed the advanced exact science of the day. During a short visit to London in 1673 he made a fruitful contact with Henry Oldenburg, the secretary of the Royal Society, who provided him with a wide miscellany of information regarding current British scientific activities. Returning to Paris, Leibniz achieved his own first creative discoveries, developing a method of integral 'transmutation' through which lie derived the 'arithmetical' quadrature of the circle by an infinite series. He also explored the theory of algebraic equations. Later, by codifying existing tangent and quadrature methods and expressing their algorithmic structure in a 'universal' notation, lie laid the foundation of formal 'Leibnizian' calculus., When Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz first arrived in Paris in 1672 he was a well-educated, sophisticated young diplomat who had yet to show any real sign of his latent mathematical abilities. Over his next four crowded, formative years, which Professor Hofmann analyses in detail, he grew to be one of the outstanding mathematicians of the age and to found the modern differential calculus., Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz grew to be one of the outstanding mathematicians of his age and to found the modern differential calculus.", When Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz first arrived in Paris in 1672 he was a well-educated, sophisticated young diplomat who had yet to show any real sign of his latent mathematical abilities. Over his next four crowded, formative years, which Professor Hofmann analyses in detail, he grew to be one of the outstanding mathematicians of the age and to found the modern differential calculus. In Paris, Leibniz rapidly absorbed the advanced exact science of the day. During a short visit to London in 1673 he made a fruitful contact with Henry Oldenburg, the secretary of the Royal Society, who provided him with a wide miscellany of information regarding current British scientific activities. Returning to Paris, Leibniz achieved his own first creative discoveries, developing a method of integral transmutation' through which lie derived the 'arithmetical' quadrature of the circle by an infinite series. He also explored the theory of algebraic equations. Later, by codifying existing tangent and quadrature methods and expressing their algorithmic structure in a universal' notation, lie laid the foundation of formal 'Leibnizian' calculus.
LC Classification Number
QA24 .H613 1974
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