From Discrete to Continuous

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The Broadening of Number Concepts in Early Modern England

Autor: K. Neal

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In the early modern period, a crucial transformation occurred in the classical conception of number...

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Autor

K. Neal

Limbă

engleză

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Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2002

Pagini

175

EAN

9781402005657

ISBN

1402005652

Enbook ID

01414769

Editura

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Greutate

960

Dimensiuni

156 x 234 x 15

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In the early modern period, a crucial transformation occurred in the classical conception of number and magnitude. Traditionally, numbers were merely collections of discrete units that measured some multiple. Magnitude, on the other hand, was usually described as being continuous, or being divisible into parts that are infinitely divisible. This traditional idea of discrete number versus continuous magnitude was challenged in the early modern period in several ways.§This detailed study explores how the development of algebraic symbolism, logarithms, and the growing practical demands for an expanded number concept all contributed to a broadening of the number concept in early modern England. An interest in solving practical problems was not, in itself, enough to cause a generalisation of the number concept. It was the combined impact of novel practical applications together with the concomitant development of such mathematical advances as algebraic notation and logarithms that produced a broadened number concept.

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