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Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Rivista Di Fisica, Matematica E Scienze Naturali
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Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Pages : 612
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Rivista di matematica della Università di Parma
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Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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NBSIR.
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Category : Research, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Category : Research, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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"Scientia", rivista di scienza
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Category : Science
Languages : it
Pages : 586
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Category : Science
Languages : it
Pages : 586
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Georg Cantor
Author: Joseph Warren Dauben
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691214204
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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One of the greatest revolutions in mathematics occurred when Georg Cantor (1845-1918) promulgated his theory of transfinite sets. This revolution is the subject of Joseph Dauben's important studythe most thorough yet writtenof the philosopher and mathematician who was once called a "corrupter of youth" for an innovation that is now a vital component of elementary school curricula. Set theory has been widely adopted in mathematics and philosophy, but the controversy surrounding it at the turn of the century remains of great interest. Cantor's own faith in his theory was partly theological. His religious beliefs led him to expect paradoxes in any concept of the infinite, and he always retained his belief in the utter veracity of transfinite set theory. Later in his life, he was troubled by recurring attacks of severe depression. Dauben shows that these played an integral part in his understanding and defense of set theory.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691214204
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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One of the greatest revolutions in mathematics occurred when Georg Cantor (1845-1918) promulgated his theory of transfinite sets. This revolution is the subject of Joseph Dauben's important studythe most thorough yet writtenof the philosopher and mathematician who was once called a "corrupter of youth" for an innovation that is now a vital component of elementary school curricula. Set theory has been widely adopted in mathematics and philosophy, but the controversy surrounding it at the turn of the century remains of great interest. Cantor's own faith in his theory was partly theological. His religious beliefs led him to expect paradoxes in any concept of the infinite, and he always retained his belief in the utter veracity of transfinite set theory. Later in his life, he was troubled by recurring attacks of severe depression. Dauben shows that these played an integral part in his understanding and defense of set theory.
NBS Monograph
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Category : Physics
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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National Bureau of Standards Circular
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Current Serials Received
Author: British Library. Document Supply Centre
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Languages : en
Pages : 584
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Abstraction and Infinity
Author: Paolo Mancosu
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198746822
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 231
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Mancosu offers an original investigation of key notions in mathematics: abstraction and infinity, and their interaction. He gives a historical analysis of the theorizing of definitions by abstraction, and explores a novel approach to measuring the size of infinite sets, showing how this leads to deep mathematical and philosophical problems.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198746822
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 231
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Mancosu offers an original investigation of key notions in mathematics: abstraction and infinity, and their interaction. He gives a historical analysis of the theorizing of definitions by abstraction, and explores a novel approach to measuring the size of infinite sets, showing how this leads to deep mathematical and philosophical problems.
The Biology of Numbers
Author: Giorgio Israel
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034881231
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Foreword The modern developments in mathematical biology took place roughly between 1920 and 1940, a period now referred to as the "Golden Age of Theoretical Biology". The eminent Italian mathematician Vito Volterra played a decisive and widely acknowledged role in these developments. Volterra's interest in the application of mathematics to the non physical sciences, and to biology and economics in particular, dates back to the turn of the century and was expressed in his inaugural address at the University of Rome for the academic year 1900/01 (VOLTERRA 1901). Nevertheless, it was only in the mid-twenties that Volterra entered the field in person, at the instigation of his son in law, Umberto D'Ancona, who had confronted him with the problem of competition among animal species, asking him whether a mathematical treatment was possible. From that time on, until his death in 1940, Volterra produced a huge output of publications on the subject. Volterra's specific project was to transfer the model and the concepts of classical mechanics to biology, constructing a sort of "rational mechanics" and an "analytic mechanics" of biological associations. The new subject was thus to be equipped with a solid experimental or at least empirical basis, also in this case following the tried and tested example of mathematical physics. Although very few specific features of this reductionist programme have actually survived, Volterra's contribution was decisive, as is now universally acknowledged, in en couraging fresh studies in the field of mathematical biology.
Publisher: Birkhäuser
ISBN: 3034881231
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Foreword The modern developments in mathematical biology took place roughly between 1920 and 1940, a period now referred to as the "Golden Age of Theoretical Biology". The eminent Italian mathematician Vito Volterra played a decisive and widely acknowledged role in these developments. Volterra's interest in the application of mathematics to the non physical sciences, and to biology and economics in particular, dates back to the turn of the century and was expressed in his inaugural address at the University of Rome for the academic year 1900/01 (VOLTERRA 1901). Nevertheless, it was only in the mid-twenties that Volterra entered the field in person, at the instigation of his son in law, Umberto D'Ancona, who had confronted him with the problem of competition among animal species, asking him whether a mathematical treatment was possible. From that time on, until his death in 1940, Volterra produced a huge output of publications on the subject. Volterra's specific project was to transfer the model and the concepts of classical mechanics to biology, constructing a sort of "rational mechanics" and an "analytic mechanics" of biological associations. The new subject was thus to be equipped with a solid experimental or at least empirical basis, also in this case following the tried and tested example of mathematical physics. Although very few specific features of this reductionist programme have actually survived, Volterra's contribution was decisive, as is now universally acknowledged, in en couraging fresh studies in the field of mathematical biology.