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L'Hôpital's Analyse des infiniments petits: An Annotated Translation with Source Material by Johann Bernoulli (Science Networks. Historical Studies)
Bradley, Robert E, Petrilli, Salvatore J, Sandifer, C. Edward
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Hardcover. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 311 pages, 239 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBKL; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 758.
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This monograph is an annotated translation of what is considered to be the world’s first calculus textbook, originally published in French in 1696. That anonymously published textbook on differential calculus was based on lectures given to the Marquis de l’Hôpital in 1691-2 by the great Swiss mathematician, Johann Bernoulli. In the 1920s, a copy of Bernoulli’s lecture notes was discovered...
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Condition
New
Series
Science Networks. Historical Studies
Number of Pages
311
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319171142
SKU
V9783319171142
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“The Analyse des Infiniment Petits (Analysis of the Infinitely Small) treated the differential calculus as a tool ‘for the understanding of curved lines.’ … The result is a truly valuable book: here is the original calculus textbook, with the sources on which it was based, presented in English with an excellent introduction that makes it much easier to follow what...
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