History of Mathematics A Supplement /

This book attempts to fill two gaps which exist in the standard textbooks on the History of Mathematics. One is to provide students with material that could encourage more critical thinking. General textbooks, attempting to cover three thousand years of mathematical history, must necessarily oversim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smoryński, Craig (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • Foundations of Geometry
  • The Construction Problems of Antiquity
  • A Chinese Problem
  • The Cubic Equation
  • Horner's Method
  • Some Lighter Material.