The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus (Paperback)

Judith V. Grabiner

ISBN 10: 0486438155 / ISBN 13: 9780486438153

Published by Dover Publications, New York, 2005

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Paperback. This text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students examines the events that led to a 19th-century intellectual revolution: the reinterpretation of the calculus undertaken by Augustin-Louis Cauchy and his peers. These intellectuals transformed the uses of calculus from problem-solving methods into a collection of well-defined theorems about limits, continuity, series, derivatives, and integrals. 1981 edition. This text examines the reinterpretation of calculus by Augustin-Louis Cauchy and his peers in the 19th century. These intellectuals created a collection of well-defined theorems about limits, continuity, series, derivatives, and integrals. 1981 edition. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Title: The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus (Paperback)
• Publisher: Dover Publications, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486438155
• ISBN 13: 9780486438153
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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This text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students examines the events that led to a 19th-century intellectual revolution: the reinterpretation of the calculus undertaken by Augustin-Louis Cauchy and his peers. These intellectuals transformed the uses of calculus from problem-solving methods into a collection of well-defined theorems about limits, continuity, series, derivatives, and integrals. Beginning with a survey of the characteristic 19th-century view of analysis, the book proceeds to an examination of the 18th-century concept of calculus and focuses on the innovative methods of Cauchy and his contemporaries in refining existing methods into the basis of rigorous calculus. 1981 edition.