Bernhard Riemann 1826-1866 : turning points in the conception of mathematics

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Bernhard Riemann 1826-1866 : turning points in the conception of mathematics

Detlef Laugwitz ; translated by Abe Shenitzer with the editorial assistance of the author, Hardy Grant, and Sarah Shenitzer

(Modern Birkhäuser classics)

Birkhäuser, c2008

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Bernhard Riemann, 1826-1866

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Bernhard Riemann, 1826-1866

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Reprint of the 1999 edition

"Originally published as a monograph" --t.p.verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-349) and index

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The name of Bernard Riemann is well known to mathematicians and physicists around the world. His name is indelibly stamped on the literature of mathematics and physics. This remarkable work, rich in insight and scholarship, is addressed to mathematicians, physicists, and philosophers interested in mathematics. It seeks to draw those readers closer to the underlying ideas of Riemann's work and to the development of them in their historical context. This illuminating English-language version of the original German edition will be an important contribution to the literature of the history of mathematics.

Table of Contents

  • Preface.- Note to the Reader.- List of Illustrations.- Translator's Remarks.- Introduction.- Complex Analysis.- Real Analysis.- Geometry
  • Physics
  • Philosophy.- Turning Points in the Conception of Mathematics.- Bibliography.- Name Index

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