The shaping of arithmetic after C.F. Gauss's Disquisitiones Arithmeticae

Revisits successive periods in the reception of the Disquisitiones as it studies which parts were taken up and when, which themes were further explored. This work also focuses on how specific mathematicians reacted to Gauss' book: Dirichlet and Hermite, Kummer and Genocchi, Dedekind and Zolotar...

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Other Authors: Goldstein, Catherine, mathematician (-), Schappacher, Norbert, Schwermer, Joachim
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin : Springer c2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
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Summary:Revisits successive periods in the reception of the Disquisitiones as it studies which parts were taken up and when, which themes were further explored. This work also focuses on how specific mathematicians reacted to Gauss' book: Dirichlet and Hermite, Kummer and Genocchi, Dedekind and Zolotarev, Dickson and Emmy Noether, among others.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (586 p.)
ISBN:9781280804069
9786610804061
9783540347200