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Format: XX, 432 S.

Edition: 2. ed.

ISBN: 0-691-03666-7

Language: English

Subjects: Mathematics

Keywords: 1601-1665 Fermat, Pierre de ; Mathematik ; Biografie ; Biografie ; Biografie ; Biografie

URL: Inhaltstext

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Format: VI, 250 S. , graph. Darst. , 25 cm

ISBN: 9780674055681

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Computer Science , General works

Keywords: Computer ; Datenverarbeitung ; Informatik ; Software Engineering ; Geschichte

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: xviii, 419 Seiten : , Diagramme.

ISBN: 0-691-08119-0

Language: English

Subjects: Mathematics

Keywords: 1601-1665 Fermat, Pierre de ; Mathematik ; Biografie ; Biografie

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780691187631

Content: Hailed as one of the greatest mathematical results of the twentieth century, the recent proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by Andrew Wiles brought to public attention the enigmatic problem-solver Pierre de Fermat, who centuries ago stated his famous conjecture in a margin of a book, writing that he did not have enough room to show his "truly marvelous demonstration." Along with formulating this proposition--xn+yn=zn has no rational solution for n › 2--Fermat, an inventor of analytic geometry, also laid the foundations of differential and integral calculus, established, together with Pascal, the conceptual guidelines of the theory of probability, and created modern number theory. In one of the first full-length investigations of Fermat's life and work, Michael Sean Mahoney provides rare insight into the mathematical genius of a hobbyist who never sought to publish his work, yet who ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , PREFACE (1994) -- , INTRODUCTION -- , ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- , BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS -- , CHAPTER I. The Personal Touch -- , CHAPTER II. Nullum Non Problema Solvere: Viete's Analytic Program And Its Influence On Fermat -- , CHAPTER III. The Royal Road -- , CHAPTER IV. Fashioning One's Own Luck -- , CHAPTER V. Archimedes and the Theory of Equations -- , CHAPTER VI. Between Traditions -- , EPILOGUE: Fermat in Retrospect -- , APPENDIX I: Sidelights on a Mathematical Career -- , APPENDIX II: Bibliographical Essay and Chronological Conspectus of Fermat's Works -- , INDEX , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9780691187631

URL: Co-access DOI click Walter de Gruyter

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691187631

URL: Co-access DOI click Walter de Gruyter

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691187631

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Format: 1 online resource (260 p.)

ISBN: 9780674274983

Content: Computer technology is pervasive in the modern world, its role ever more important as it becomes embedded in a myriad of physical systems and disciplinary ways of thinking. The late Michael Sean Mahoney was a pioneer scholar of the history of computing, one of the first established historians of science to take seriously the challenges and opportunities posed by information technology to our understanding of the twentieth century. Mahoney’s work ranged widely, from logic and the theory of computation to the development of software and applications as craft-work. But it was always informed by a unique perspective derived from his distinguished work on the history of medieval mathematics and experimental practice during the Scientific Revolution. His writings offered a new angle on very recent events and ideas and bridged the gaps between academic historians and computer scientists. Indeed, he came to believe that the field was irreducibly pluralistic and that there could be only histories of computing. In this collection, Thomas Haigh presents thirteen of Mahoney’s essays and papers organized across three categories: historiography, software engineering, and theoretical computer science. His introduction surveys Mahoney’s work to trace the development of key themes, illuminate connections among different areas of his research, and put his contributions into context. The volume also includes an essay on Mahoney by his former students Jed Z. Buchwald and D. Graham Burnett. The result is a landmark work, of interest to computer professionals as well as historians of technology and science.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , List of Figures -- , Unexpected Connections, Powerful Precedents, and Big Questions: The Work of Michael Sean Mahoney on the History of Computing -- , PART ONE Shaping the History of Computing -- , 1 The History of Computing in the History of Technology -- , 2 What Makes History? -- , 3 Issues in the History of Computing -- , 4 The Histories of Computing(s) -- , PART TWO Constructing a History for Software -- , 5 Software: The Self- Programming Machine -- , 6 Extracts from The Roots of Software Engineering -- , 7 Finding a History for Software Engineering -- , 8 Boys’ Toys and Women’s Work: Feminism Engages Software -- , PART THREE The Structures of Computation -- , 9 Computing and Mathematics at Prince ton in the 1950s -- , 10 Computer Science: The Search for a Mathematical Theory -- , 11 Extracts from Computers and Mathematics: The Search for a Discipline of Computer Science -- , 12 The Structures of Computation and the Mathematical Structure of Nature -- , 13 Extracts from Software as Science— Science as Software -- , Éloge: Michael Sean Mahoney, 1939– 2008 -- , Notes -- , Acknowledgments -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.4159/9780674274983

URL: https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674274983?locatt=mode:legacy

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674274983

URL: https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674274983?locatt=mode:legacy

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674274983