The Real and the Complex: A History of Analysis in the 19th Century

• Main Author: Gray, Jeremy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Functions of complex variables.; Functions of real variables.; History.; Functions of a Complex Variable.; Real Functions.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

This book contains a history of real and complex analysis in the nineteenth century, from the work of Lagrange and Fourier to the origins of set theory and the modern foundations of analysis. It studies the works of many contributors including Gauss, Cauchy, Riemann, and Weierstrass. This book is un...