Numbers: v. 123 (Graduate Texts in Mathematics) - Softcover

Ebbinghaus, Heinz-Dieter

 
9780387974972: Numbers: v. 123 (Graduate Texts in Mathematics)

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This book is about all kinds of numbers, from rationals to octonians, reals to infinitesimals. It is a story about a major thread of mathematics over thousands of years, and it answers everything from why Hamilton was obsessed with quaternions to what the prospect was for quaternionic analysis in the 19th century. It glimpses the mystery surrounding imaginary numbers in the 17th century and views some major developments of the 20th century.

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This book is about all kinds of numbers, from rationals to octonians, reals to infinitesimals. It is a story about a major thread of mathematics over thousands of years, and it answers everything from why Hamilton was obsessed with quaternions to what the prospect was for quaternionic analysis in the 19th century. It glimpses the mystery surrounding imaginary numbers in the 17th century and views some major developments of the 20th century.

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ISBN 10:  0387972021 ISBN 13:  9780387972022
Verlag: Springer, 1990
Hardcover