Publication

1976 - Springer-Verlag, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

77,250 words, Guess

Page Count

309 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC515/.73
  • LCCQA322.4 .B34

Description

This book explores the background of a major intellectual revolution: the rigorous reinterpretation of the calculus undertaken by Augustin-Louis Cauchy and his contemporaries in the first part of the 19th century. Their generation changed the calculus from a method of solving problems to a collection of theorems, based on precise definitions, about limits, continuity, series, derivatives, and integrals. The book shows how Cauchy reshaped inherited 18th-century concepts to create an approach to rigor that we still accept today. In so doing, The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus provides fresh insights and a new perspective on the foundations of analysis.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Applications of mathematics ; v. 3

Other Editions

  • Applied functional analysisSpringer-Verlag1976-01-01

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