Publication

1996-09-13 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

154,000 words, Guess

Page Count

616 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Goodreads1185685
  • Better World Books9780521588072
  • Open LibraryOL7747329M

Classifications

  • LCCIN PROCESS

First Sentence

The idea of a set of numbers is derived in the first instance from the consideration of the set of positive integral numbers, or positive integers;that is to say, the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4,... Positive integers have many properties, which will be found in treatises on the Theory of Integral Numbers; but at a very early stage in the development of mathematics it was found that the operations of Subtraction and Division could only be performed among them subject to inconvenient restrictions; and consequently, in elementary Arithmetic, classes of numbers are constructed such that the operations of subtraction and division can always be performed among them.

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