Karen Hunger Parshall

James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters

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Produktbeschreibung

James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897) was one of the great mathematicians of the 19th century. For the first time 140 letters from Sylvester's correspondence are brought together, accompanied by mathematical and historical commentary from a leading historian of mathematics, to reveal the truth behind the life and work of this eccentric mathematician.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Altersempfehlung: ab 22 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780199671380
• ISBN-10: 0199671389
• Artikelnr.: 36647067

Autorenporträt

Karen Hunger Parshall is Professor of History and Mathematics at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on the life, times, and mathematical work of James Joseph Sylvester.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Negotiating 'the world's slippery path'
2: Laying the foundation of a theory of invariants
3: Battling the authorities and the muses
4: Ending and beginning a career
5: 'Moulding the mathematical education of 55 million' Americans
6: Returning home