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1 online resource (xiv, 468 pages) : illustrations |
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Science networks historical studies ; v. 35 |
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Science networks historical studies ; v. 35.
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| Contents |
A short biography of Silvestre-François Lacroix -- An overview of Lacroix's Traité -- The principles of the calculus -- Analytic and differential geometry -- approximate integration and conceptions of the integral -- Types of solutions of differential equations -- aspects of difference and series -- The Traité élémentaire -- the second edition of the traité -- Final remarks -- Two memoirs by Lacroix -- Lacroix's historical appraisal of his own Traité -- Syllabi of Lacroix's course of analysis at the École Polytechnique -- Biographical data ona few obscure characters |
| Summary |
Silvestre François Lacroix (Paris, 1765 - ibid., 1843) was a most influential mathematical book author. His most famous work is the three-volume Traité du calcul différentiel et du calcul intégral (1797-1800; 2nd ed. 1810-1819) - an encyclopedic appraisal of 18th-century calculus which remained the standard reference on the subject through much of the 19th century, in spite of Cauchy's reform of the subject in the 1820's. Lacroix and the Calculus is the first major study of Lacroix's large Traité. It uses the unique and massive bibliography given by Lacroix to explore late 18th-century calculus, and the way it is reflected in Lacroix's account. Several particular aspects are addressed in detail, including: the foundations of differential calculus, analytic and differential geometry, conceptions of the integral, and types of solutions of differential equations (singular/complete/general integrals, geometrical interpretations, and generality of arbitrary functions). Lacroix's large Traité ... was adapted for teaching into a shorter, textbook version - the Traité élémentaire de calcul différentiel et de calcul intégral (1802; several later editions). This adaptation is also analysed. Lacroix and the Calculus should appeal to historians and mathematicians interested in the history of the calculus (and especially in the background to Cauchy and Bolzano) and in its teaching in the late 18th and early 19th centuries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-459) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Lacroix, S. F. (Silvestre François), 1765-1843. Traité de calcul differentiel et de calcul intégral
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| SUBJECT |
Lacroix, S. F., 1765-1843. cct |
| Subject |
Calculus -- History
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MATHEMATICS -- Calculus.
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MATHEMATICS -- Mathematical Analysis.
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Calculus -- History.
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Sciences humaines.
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Sciences sociales.
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Matemáticas
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Cálculo
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Calculus
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008920493 |
| ISBN |
9783764386382 |
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376438638X |
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9783764386375 |
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3764386371 |
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