Geometric Calculus : According to the Ausdehnungslehre of H. Grassmann

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Geometric Calculus : According to the Ausdehnungslehre of H. Grassmann

Giuseppe Peano ; translated by Lloyd C. Kannenberg

Birkháuser, c2000

タイトル別名

Calcolo geometrico

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内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780817641269

内容説明

The geometric calculus, in general, consists in a system of operations on geometric entities, and their consequences, analogous to those that algebra has on the num­ bers. It permits the expression in formulas of the results of geometric constructions, the representation with equations of propositions of geometry, and the substitution of a transformation of equations for a verbal argument. The geometric calculus exhibits analogies with analytic geometry; but it differs from it in that, whereas in analytic geometry the calculations are made on the numbers that determine the geometric entities, in this new science the calculations are made on the geometric entities themselves. A first attempt at a geometric calculus was due to the great mind of Leibniz (1679);1 in the present century there were proposed and developed various methods of calculation having practical utility, among which deserving special mention are 2 the barycentric calculus of Mobius (1827), that of the equipollences of Bellavitis (1832),3 the quaternions of Hamilton (1853),4 and the applications to geometry 5 of the Ausdehnungslehre of Hermann Grassmann (1844). Of these various methods, the last cited to a great extent incorporates the others and is superior in its powers of calculation and in the simplicity of its formulas. But the excessively lofty and abstruse contents of the Ausdehnungslehre impeded the diffusion of that science; and thus even its applications to geometry are still very little appreciated by mathematicians.

目次

The Operations of Deductive Logic.- I Geometric Formations.- II Formations of the First Species.- III Formations of the Second Species.- IV Formations of the Third Species.- V Formations on a Right-Line.- VI Formations in the Plane.- VII Formations in Space.- VIII Derivatives.- IX Transformations of Linear Systems.- Editorial notes.
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ISBN 9783764341268

内容説明

A translation of the 1888 text, "Calcolo Geometrico" by G. Peano, this volume provides readers with an insight into the work of a mathematician who had a significant impact on 20th century mathematics, and in particular, mathematical logic.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA45296967
  • ISBN
    • 0817641262
    • 3764341262
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    ita
  • 出版地
    Boston
  • ページ数/冊数
    xv, 150 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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