CR. The Centennial Review, Volume 26Michigan State University, College of Arts & Letters, 1982 - Literature |
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... geometry , the two major modes of mathematical work . Each of these modes is associated with specific types of social activity . The development of arithmetic is stimulated by problems in accounting , taxation , stock - piling , and ...
... geometry , the two major modes of mathematical work . Each of these modes is associated with specific types of social activity . The development of arithmetic is stimulated by problems in accounting , taxation , stock - piling , and ...
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... geometry by Descartes and Fermat produced an- alytic geometry . Consideration of the problems of motion and the study of curves gave rise to the calculus in the 1600s . Cal- culus was then applied to successively more complex functions ...
... geometry by Descartes and Fermat produced an- alytic geometry . Consideration of the problems of motion and the study of curves gave rise to the calculus in the 1600s . Cal- culus was then applied to successively more complex functions ...
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... geometry . These develop- ments led to the creation of yet another even more abstract field toward the end of the nineteenth century . This was the field of " foundations , " concerned with the nature of mathemat- ical objects ...
... geometry . These develop- ments led to the creation of yet another even more abstract field toward the end of the nineteenth century . This was the field of " foundations , " concerned with the nature of mathemat- ical objects ...
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