Patterns of change
Subtitle: linguistic innovations in the development of classical mathematics
By: Ladislav Kvasz.
Series: Science networks historical studies -- v. 36
Publisher: Birkhäuser; Springer, distributor]
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Basel; [London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9783764388393
Subjects: Mathematics
Description: "This book offers a reconstruction of linguistic innovations in the history of mathematics; innovations which changed the ways in which mathematics was clone, understood and philosophically interpreted. It argues that there are at least three ways in which the language of mathematics has been changed throughout its history, thus determining the lines of development that mathematics has followed." "The book offers tools of analysis by means of which scholars and students of the history and philosophy of mathematics can attain better understanding of the various changes, which the subject of their study underwent in the course of history. The book brings also important insights for mathematics education connecting growth of language with the development of mathematical thought."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-261).