Author: Douglas M. Jesseph
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226398990
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
PrefaceList of AbbreviationsChapter One: The Mathematical Career of the Monster of MalmesburyChapter Two: The Reform of Mathematics and of the UniversitiesIdeological Origins of the DisputeChapter Three: De Corpore and the Mathematics of MaterialismChapter Four: Disputed FoundationsHobbes vs. Wallis on the Philosophy of MathematicsChapter Five: The "Modern Analytics" and the Nature of DemonstrationChapter Six: The Demise of Hobbesian GeometryChapter Seven: The Religion, Rhetoric, and Politics of Mr. Hobbes and Dr. WallisChapter Eight: Persistence in ErrorWhy Was Hobbes So Resolutely Wrong?Appendix: Selections from Hobbes's Mathematical WritingsReferencesIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Squaring the Circle
Author: Douglas M. Jesseph
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226398990
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
PrefaceList of AbbreviationsChapter One: The Mathematical Career of the Monster of MalmesburyChapter Two: The Reform of Mathematics and of the UniversitiesIdeological Origins of the DisputeChapter Three: De Corpore and the Mathematics of MaterialismChapter Four: Disputed FoundationsHobbes vs. Wallis on the Philosophy of MathematicsChapter Five: The "Modern Analytics" and the Nature of DemonstrationChapter Six: The Demise of Hobbesian GeometryChapter Seven: The Religion, Rhetoric, and Politics of Mr. Hobbes and Dr. WallisChapter Eight: Persistence in ErrorWhy Was Hobbes So Resolutely Wrong?Appendix: Selections from Hobbes's Mathematical WritingsReferencesIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226398990
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
PrefaceList of AbbreviationsChapter One: The Mathematical Career of the Monster of MalmesburyChapter Two: The Reform of Mathematics and of the UniversitiesIdeological Origins of the DisputeChapter Three: De Corpore and the Mathematics of MaterialismChapter Four: Disputed FoundationsHobbes vs. Wallis on the Philosophy of MathematicsChapter Five: The "Modern Analytics" and the Nature of DemonstrationChapter Six: The Demise of Hobbesian GeometryChapter Seven: The Religion, Rhetoric, and Politics of Mr. Hobbes and Dr. WallisChapter Eight: Persistence in ErrorWhy Was Hobbes So Resolutely Wrong?Appendix: Selections from Hobbes's Mathematical WritingsReferencesIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The Quadrature of the Circle
Author: William Alexander Myers
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Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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The quadrature of the circle, or The true ratio between the diameter and circumference geometrically and mathematically demonstrated
Author: James Smith
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Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Publisher:
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Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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The Circle Squared; and the Solution of the Problem Adapted to Explain the Difference Between Square and Superficial Measurement: with Answers to Objectors. ... With a ... Diagram on Card
Author: William PETERS (of Brighton.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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The Impossibility of Squaring the Circle in the 17th Century
Author: Davide Crippa
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030016382
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This book is about James Gregory’s attempt to prove that the quadrature of the circle, the ellipse and the hyperbola cannot be found algebraically. Additonally, the subsequent debates that ensued between Gregory, Christiaan Huygens and G.W. Leibniz are presented and analyzed. These debates eventually culminated with the impossibility result that Leibniz appended to his unpublished treatise on the arithmetical quadrature of the circle. The author shows how the controversy around the possibility of solving the quadrature of the circle by certain means (algebraic curves) pointed to metamathematical issues, particularly to the completeness of algebra with respect to geometry. In other words, the question underlying the debate on the solvability of the circle-squaring problem may be thus phrased: can finite polynomial equations describe any geometrical quantity? As the study reveals, this question was central in the early days of calculus, when transcendental quantities and operations entered the stage. Undergraduate and graduate students in the history of science, in philosophy and in mathematics will find this book appealing as well as mathematicians and historians with broad interests in the history of mathematics.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030016382
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This book is about James Gregory’s attempt to prove that the quadrature of the circle, the ellipse and the hyperbola cannot be found algebraically. Additonally, the subsequent debates that ensued between Gregory, Christiaan Huygens and G.W. Leibniz are presented and analyzed. These debates eventually culminated with the impossibility result that Leibniz appended to his unpublished treatise on the arithmetical quadrature of the circle. The author shows how the controversy around the possibility of solving the quadrature of the circle by certain means (algebraic curves) pointed to metamathematical issues, particularly to the completeness of algebra with respect to geometry. In other words, the question underlying the debate on the solvability of the circle-squaring problem may be thus phrased: can finite polynomial equations describe any geometrical quantity? As the study reveals, this question was central in the early days of calculus, when transcendental quantities and operations entered the stage. Undergraduate and graduate students in the history of science, in philosophy and in mathematics will find this book appealing as well as mathematicians and historians with broad interests in the history of mathematics.
"Squaring the Circle"; a History of the Problem
Author: Ernest William Hobson
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Bizarre; Notes and Queries; a Monthly Magazine of History, Folk-lore, Mathematics, Mysticism, Art, Science, Etc
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Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Irrationality, Transcendence and the Circle-Squaring Problem
Author: Eduardo Dorrego López
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031522230
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031522230
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Circle of the Sciences
Author: Encyclopaedias
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Languages : en
Pages : 1388
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Languages : en
Pages : 1388
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"Squaring the Circle"
Author: Ernest William Hobson
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Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Circle-squaring
Languages : en
Pages : 69
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