Vrienden hebben mij verzocht eens mee te delen hoe deze beknopte geschiedenis van de
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Elementary, yet authoritative and scholarly, this book offers an excellent brief introduction to
the classical theory of differential geometry. It is aimed at advanced undergraduate and …

These selected mathematical writings cover the years when the foundations were laid for the
theory of numbers, analytic geometry, and the calculus. Originally published in 1986. The …

This compact, well-written history—first published in 1948, and now in its fourth revised
edition—describes the main trends in the development of all fields of mathematics from the first …

Einleitung. Bei differentialgeometrischen Untersuchungen in mehrdimensionalen
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DIRK J. STRUIK received his early training in mathematics at the Gym-nasium of Trier (Trêves),
the Rhineland city where he was born. At his graduation, in 1835, his knowledge of …

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It is difficult to talk of differential geometry before LEIBNIZ. There were many applications of
infinitesimals to geometry before, but almost without exception they were quadratures and …

Based on a historic approach taken by instructors at MIT, this text is geared toward junior and
senior undergraduate courses in analytic and projective geometry. Starting with concepts …

During the later Middle Ages, the Low Countries, or Netherlands, were divided into a
number of feudal principalities headed by such lords as the counts of Holland, the counts of …