Numbers: v. 123 (Graduate Texts in Mathematics / Readings in Mathematics)

by KlausMainzer (Author), Heinz-DieterEbbinghaus (Author), HansHermes (Author), Friedrich Hirzebruch (Author), H.L.S.Orde (Editor), K.Lamotke (Editor), JohnH.Ewing (Editor), ReinholdRemmert (Author), Alexander Prestel (Author), JürgenNeukirch (Author), Max Koecher (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1990

  $75.84

  This book is about all kinds of numbers, from rationals to octonians, reals to infinitesimals. It is a story about a major thread of mathematics over thousands of years, and it answers everything from why Hamilton was obsessed with quaternions to what the prospect was for quaternionic analysis in the 19^th century. It glimpses the mystery surrounding imaginary numbers in the 17^th century and views some major developments of the 20^th century.