Leonhard Euler : life, work and legacy /: life, work and legacy. (2007)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Leonhard Euler : life, work and legacy /: life, work and legacy. (2007)
- Main Title:
- Leonhard Euler : life, work and legacy
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Robert E. Bradley and C. Edward Sandifer.
- Other Names:
- Bradley, Robert E
Sandifer, Charles Edward, 1951- - Contents:
- Foreword (C.E. Sandifer and R.E. Bradley); Introduction (C.E. Sandifer and R.E. Bradley); Leonhard Euler: Life and Thought (R.S. Calinger); Leonard Euler and Russia (P. Hoffmann); Princess Dashkova, Euler, and the Russian Academy of Sciences (R.S. Calinger and E.N. Polyakhova); Leonhrd Euler and Philosophy (W. Breidert); Images of Euler (F. Fasanelli); Euler and Applications of Analytical Mathematics to Astronomy (C. Wilson); Euler and Indian Astronomy (K. Plofker); Euler and Kinematics (T. Koetsier); Euler on Rigid Bodies (S.G. Langton); Euler's Analysis Textbooks (V.J. Katz); Euler and the Calculus of Variations (R. Thiele); Euler, D'Alembert and the Logarithm Function (R.E. Bradley); Some Facets of Euler's Work on Series (C.E. Sandifer); The Geometry of Leonhard Euler (H.S. White); Cyclotomy: From Euler through Vandermonde to Gauss (O. Neumann); Euler and Number Theory: A Study in Mathematical Invention (J. Suzuki); Euler and Lotteries (D.R. Bellhouse); Euler's Science of Combinations (B. Hopkins and R. Wilson); The Truth about Königsberg (B. Hopkins and R. Wilson); The Polyhedral Formula (D. Richeson); On the Recognition of Euler among the French, 1790-1830 (I. Grattan-Guinness); Euler's Influence on the Birth of Vector Mechanics (S. Caparrini); Euler's Contribution to Differential Geometry and its Reception (K. Reich); Euler's Mechanics as a Foundation of Quantum Mechanics (D. Suisky); Index
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Elsevier Science
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (542 pages)
- Subjects:
- 510.92
Mathematicians -- Switzerland -- Biography
Mathematics -- Switzerland -- History -- 18th century - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780080471297
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