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- catalog abstract ""Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics? is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, this second edition offers new insights into recent mathematical developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that have since been solved."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10053073.
- catalog contributor b10053074.
- catalog contributor b10053075.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description ""Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics? is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, this second edition offers new insights into recent mathematical developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that have since been solved."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Chapter I. The natural numbers -- Supplement to Chapter I. The theory of numbers -- Chapter II. The number system of mathematics -- Supplement to Chapter II. The algebra of sets -- Chapter III. Geometrical construction. The algebra of number fields -- Chapter IV. Projective geometry. axiomatics. non-euclidean geometries -- Chapter V. Topology -- Chapter VI. Functions and limits -- Supplement to Chapter VI. More examples on limits and continuity -- Chapter VII. Maxima and minima -- Chapter VIII. The calculus -- Supplement to Chapter VIII -- Chapter IX. Recent developments -- Appendix: supplementary remarks, problems, and exercises.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-558) and index.".
- catalog extent "566 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195105192 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "510 20".
- catalog subject "Mathematics.".
- catalog subject "QA37.2 .C69 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "Chapter I. The natural numbers -- Supplement to Chapter I. The theory of numbers -- Chapter II. The number system of mathematics -- Supplement to Chapter II. The algebra of sets -- Chapter III. Geometrical construction. The algebra of number fields -- Chapter IV. Projective geometry. axiomatics. non-euclidean geometries -- Chapter V. Topology -- Chapter VI. Functions and limits -- Supplement to Chapter VI. More examples on limits and continuity -- Chapter VII. Maxima and minima -- Chapter VIII. The calculus -- Supplement to Chapter VIII -- Chapter IX. Recent developments -- Appendix: supplementary remarks, problems, and exercises.".
- catalog title "What is mathematics? : an elementary approach to ideas and methods / by Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins.".
- catalog type "text".