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020			_a9780195687101
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100			_aRichard Courant;
245			_aWhat is mathematics? : _b an elementary approach to ideas and methods _cCourant Richard
250			_a2ND ED
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c1996.
300			_a566 pages : _billustrations ; . _c23 cm
505			_tChapter I. The natural numbers -- Supplement to Chapter I. The theory of numbers -- _tChapter II. The number system of mathematics -- Supplement to Chapter II. The algebra of sets -- _tChapter III. Geometrical construction. The algebra of number fields -- _tChapter IV. Projective geometry. axiomatics. non-euclidean geometries -- _tChapter V. Topology -- _tChapter VI. Functions and limits -- Supplement to Chapter VI. More examples on limits and continuity -- _tChapter VII. Maxima and minima -- _tChapter VIII. The calculus -- Supplement to Chapter VIII -- _tChapter IX. Recent developments -
520			_aWritten 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			_a Herbert Robbins;
700			_aIan Stewart
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