Name: Infinity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (en Inglés)
Price: 55180.00 COP
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Author: Stewart, Ian
ISBN: 9780198755234

portada Infinity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Ian Stewart

Editorial

Oxford University Press, USA

Idioma

Inglés

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

17.3 x 10.9 x 1.3 cm

Peso

0.14 kg.

ISBN13

9780198755234

Categorías

Lógica matemática
Cálculo y análisis matemático

Infinity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (en Inglés)

Ian Stewart (Autor) · Oxford University Press, USA · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Infinity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) (en Inglés)"

Infinity is an intriguing topic, with connections to religion, philosophy, metaphysics, logic, and physics as well as mathematics. Its history goes back to ancient times, with especially important contributions from Euclid, Aristotle, Eudoxus, and Archimedes. The infinitely large (infinite) is intimately related to the infinitely small (infinitesimal). Cosmologists consider sweeping questions about whether space and time are infinite. Philosophers and mathematicians ranging from Zeno to Russell have posed numerous paradoxes about infinity and infinitesimals. Many vital areas of mathematics rest upon some version of infinity. The most obvious, and the first context in which major new techniques depended on formulating infinite processes, is calculus. But there are many others, for example Fourier analysis and fractals. In this Very Short Introduction, Ian Stewart discusses infinity in mathematics while also drawing in the various other aspects of infinity and explaining some of the major problems and insights arising from this concept. He argues that working with infinity is not just an abstract, intellectual exercise but that it is instead a concept with important practical everyday applications, and considers how mathematicians use infinity and infinitesimals to answer questions or supply techniques that do not appear to involve the infinite.