A tour of the creative side of mathematics describes the first use of imaginary numbers in sixteenth-century Italy and the subsequent two-hundred-year effort to perfect the process, citing the words of key Renaissance thinkers.
In this erudite, entertaining college-level text, Morris Kline provides the liberal arts student with a detailed treatment of mathematics in a cultural and historical context. The book can also act as a self-study vehicle for bright high school students and laymen. To set the st…
This is a modern, comprehensive textbook of mathematics for the students of chemistry. The subject is developed from the most elementary principles, with few assumptions of prior knowledge. The key topics are examined, and illustrative applications to chemistry are used througho…
Differential geometry and control: Summer Research Institute on Differential Geometr…
by Ferreyra, Guillermo Segundo, Summer Research Institute on Differential Geometry and Control (Boulder, Colo.) : 29-06-1997 - 19-07-1997, American Mathematical Society. Summer Research Institute, Boulder, Colo.)
fromProceedings of symposia in pure mathematics