Mathematical Milestones
Author: Richard Francis
The history of mathematics is characterized by diverse lines of possible development. Perhaps the progressive account is one of a chronological kind, beginning thus with the remote and culminating somehow in the mathematics of the modern age. Or the exploration may be one of a topical nature, clearly encompassing the major subdisciplines and their gradual evolution to the mathematics we know so well today. Varied modes of development continue, ranging over personalities and noted contributors to those of a geographic and cultural kind.
Table of Contents:
THE PERSPECTIVE OF LONGSTANDING PROBLEMS
CHALLENGING PROBLEMS IN ALL TIME PERIODS
CELEBRATED PROBLEMS IN HISTORY
THE TIMELESS APPEAL OF MATHEMATICS
HISTORICAL FOCUS ON UNIQUE OR DISTINCTIVE PROBLEMS
NOMENCLATURE AND THE SANCTIONING OF TIME
CHARM AND ATTRACTION OF SIMPLY STATED PROBLEMS
SPECIFIC PROBLEMS AS NUCLEI OF MATHEMATICAL DISCIPLINES
THE CRUCIAL ROLE IN HISTORY OF FAMOUS PROBLEMS
A PERPETUAL ABUNDANCE OF UNSOLVED PROBLEMS
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