Lacroix and the Calculus

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Domingues, João Caramalho (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2008.
• Σειρά: Science Networks. Historical Studies ; 35
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; History of Science.

Silvestre François Lacroix (Paris, 1765 - ibid., 1843) was a most influential mathematical book author. His most famous work is the three-volume Traité du calcul différentiel et du calcul intégral (1797-1800; 2nd ed. 1810-1819) – an encyclopedic appraisal of 18th-century calculus which remained the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• A short biography of Silvestre-François Lacroix
• An overview of Lacroix’s Traité
• The principles of the calculus
• Analytic and differential geometry
• Approximate integration and conceptions of the integral
• Types of solutions of differential equations
• Aspects of differences and series
• The Traité élémentaire
• The second edition of Lacroix’s Traité
• Final remarks.