Mathematics and Its History (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)

by JohnStillwell (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2010

  $54.21

  This book offers a collection of historical essays detailing a large variety of mathematical disciplines and issues; it's accessible to a broad audience. This third edition includes new chapters on simple groups and new sections on alternating groups and the Poincare conjecture. Many more exercises have been added as well as commentary that helps place the exercises in context.