Abraham Robinson The Creation of Nonstandard Analysis, a Personal and Mathematical Odyssey |
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| Author:
| Dauben, Joseph Warren |
| Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-63236-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2016 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $450.00 |
Book Description:
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One of the most prominent mathematicians of the twentieth century, Abraham Robinson discovered and developed nonstandard analysis, a rigorous theory of infinitesimals that he used to unite mathematical logic with the larger body of historic and modern mathematics. In this first biography of Robinson, Joseph Dauben reveals the mathematician's person
One of the most prominent mathematicians of the twentieth century, Abraham Robinson discovered and developed nonstandard analysis, a rigorous theory of infinitesimals that he used to unite mathematical logic with the larger body of historic and modern mathematics. In this first biography of Robinson, Joseph Dauben reveals the mathematician's person