Lectures on the principles of demonstrative mathematics
By: by the Rev. Philip Kelland ...
Publisher: A. and C. Black; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; [etc., etc.]
Published: 1843
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Mathematics.
Notes: "The substance of lectures annually delivered to my classes in the University of Edinburgh."--Pref.
Table of contents: title: I. On the importance of a clear conception of first principles.; title: II. On the principles of demonstrative geometry.; title: III. On the definitions, postulates, and axioms of geometry.; title: IV. On ratio and proportion.; title: V. On the foundation of algebra.; title: VI. On the differential calculus.