What is mathematics? : (Record no. 1066)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780195687101 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510 |
| Item number | RIC |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Richard Courant; |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | What is mathematics? : |
| Remainder of title | an elementary approach to ideas and methods |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Courant Richard |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2ND ED |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Page number | 566 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; . |
| Dimensions | 23 cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Title | Chapter I. The natural numbers --<br/>Supplement to Chapter I. The theory of numbers --<br/> |
| -- | Chapter II. The number system of mathematics --<br/>Supplement to Chapter II. The algebra of sets --<br/> |
| -- | Chapter III. Geometrical construction. The algebra of number fields --<br/> |
| -- | Chapter IV. Projective geometry. axiomatics. non-euclidean geometries --<br/> |
| -- | Chapter V. Topology --<br/> |
| -- | Chapter VI. Functions and limits --<br/>Supplement to Chapter VI. More examples on limits and continuity --<br/> |
| -- | Chapter VII. Maxima and minima --<br/> |
| -- | Chapter VIII. The calculus --<br/>Supplement to Chapter VIII --<br/> |
| -- | Chapter IX. Recent developments - |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics? is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, this second edition offers new insights into recent mathematical developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that have since been solved |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Herbert Robbins; |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ian Stewart |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
| -- | 2907 |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Non-fiction | IIITDM Kurnool | IIITDM Kurnool | General Stacks | 25.02.2021 | 610.00 | TB2586 | 1 | 510 RIC | 0002604 | 21.08.2024 | 23.07.2024 | 25.02.2021 | Books |