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Title The strength of nonstandard analysis / Imme van den Berg, Vítor Neves (eds.)
Published Wien ; New York : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 401 pages) : illustrations
Contents pt. I. Foundations -- pt. II. Number theory -- pt. III. Statistics, probability and measures -- pt. IV. Differential systems and equations -- pt. V. Infinitesimals and education
Summary Nonstandard Analysis enhances mathematical reasoning by introducing new ways of expression and deduction. Distinguishing between standard and nonstandard mathematical objects, its inventor, the eminent mathematician Abraham Robinson, settled in 1961 the centuries-old problem of how to use infinitesimals correctly in analysis. Having also worked as an engineer, he saw not only that his method greatly simplified mathematically proving and teaching, but also served as a powerful tool in modelling, analyzing and solving problems in the applied sciences, among others by effective rescaling and by infinitesimal discretizations. This book reflects the progress made in the forty years since the appearance of Robinson's revolutionary book Nonstandard Analysis: in the foundations of mathematics and logic, number theory, statistics and probability, in ordinary, partial and stochastic differential equations and in education. The contributions are clear and essentially self-contained
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Nonstandard mathematical analysis -- Congresses
Distribution (Probability theory)
distribution (statistics-related concept)
MATHEMATICS -- Calculus.
MATHEMATICS -- Mathematical Analysis.
Nonstandard mathematical analysis.
Nonstandard mathematical analysis
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Berg, Imme van den.
Neves, Vitor Manuel Carvalho das.
ISBN 9783211499054
3211499059
9783211499047
3211499040