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Numbers (Graduate Texts in Mathematics / Readings in Mathematics) (v. 123)
Numbers - Graduate Texts in Mathematics / Readings in Mathematics - v. 123
Author: Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus, Hans Hermes, Friedrich Hirzebruch, Max Koecher, Klaus Mainzer, Jürgen Neukirch, Alexander Prestel, Reinhold Remmert
This is a book about numbers - all kinds of numbers, from integers to p-adics, from rationals to octonions, from reals to infinitesimals. Who first used the standard notation for ¦? Why was Hamilton obsessed with quaternions? What was the prospect for "quaternionic analysis" in the 19th century? This is the story about one of the major threads o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780387974972
ISBN-10: 0387974970
Publication Date: 12/19/1990
Pages: 420
Edition: Corrected
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Publisher: Springer
Book Type: Paperback
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