A History of Analysis (History of Mathematics, V. 24) (History of Mathematics, 24) - Hardcover

Hans Niels Jahnke

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0821826239 ISBN 13: 9780821826232

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2003

Synopsis

Analysis as an independent subject was created as part of the scientific revolution in the seventeenth century. Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Fermat, Huygens, Newton, and Leibniz, to name but a few, contributed to its genesis. Since the end of the seventeenth century, the historical progress of mathematical analysis has displayed unique vitality and momentum. No other mathematical field has so profoundly influenced the development of modern scientific thinking. <P>Describing this multidimensional historical development requires an in-depth discussion which includes a reconstruction of general trends and an examination of the specific problems. This volume is designed as a collective work of authors who are proven experts in the history of mathematics. It clarifies the conceptual change that analysis underwent during its development while elucidating the influence of specific applications and describing the relevance of biographical and philosophical backgrounds. <P>The first ten chapters of the book outline chronological development and the last three chapters survey the history of differential equations, the calculus of variations, and functional analysis. <P>Special features are a separate chapter on the development of the theory of complex functions in the nineteenth century and two chapters on the influence of physics on analysis. One is about the origins of analytical mechanics, and one treats the development of boundary-value problems of mathematical physics (especially potential theory) in the nineteenth century.

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"This book is very good at tying biographies to the development of the mathematics and to the related developments in science ... for the majority of the mathematicians listed here, this [book] is an outstanding starting point ... recommended for academic and research mathematics, physics, and history of science collections." ---- E-Streams

"It is a highly readable and informative account of the history of analysis." ---- Zentralblatt MATH

Edition details

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0821826239
• ISBN 13: 9780821826232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Hans Niels Jahnke