Making up Numbers : (Record no. 6190)

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fixed length control field 201028s2020 enka ob 001 0 eng
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LC control number 2019394523
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Original cataloging agency DLC
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National bibliography number GBC0J0994
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Record control number 019993286
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1800640978
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International Standard Book Number 9781800640979
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781800640962
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781800640955
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System control number 2660315
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System control number (OCoLC)1204140285
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QA21
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 510.9
Edition number 23
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library MAIN
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kopp, P. E.,
Dates associated with a name 1944-
Relator term author.
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245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Making up Numbers :
Remainder of title a history of invention in mathematics /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Ekkehard Kopp.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Cambridge, UK :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer OpenBook Publishers,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2020.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (ix, 267 pages) :
Other physical details illustrations (some color)
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Content type term text
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504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index.
588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE
Source of description note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Open Book Publishers website; viewed on 2020-10-28).
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Making up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics offers a detailed but accessible account of a wide range of mathematical ideas. Starting with elementary concepts, it leads the reader towards aspects of current mathematical research.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Intro -- Preface -- Prologue: Naming Numbers -- 1. Naming large numbers -- 2. Very large numbers -- 3. Archimedes' Sand-Reckoner -- 4. A long history -- Chapter 1. Arithmetic in Antiquity -- Summary -- 1. Babylon: sexagesimals, quadratic equations -- 2. Pythagoras: all is number -- 3. Incommensurables -- 4. Diophantus of Alexandria -- Chapter 2. Writing and Solving Equations -- Summary -- 1. The Hindu-Arabic number system -- 2. Reception in mediaeval Europe -- 3. Solving equations: cubics and beyond -- Chapter 3. Construction and Calculation -- Summary -- 1. Constructions in Greek geometry
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 2. `Famous problems' of antiquity -- 3. Decimals and logarithms -- Chapter 4. Coordinates and Complex Numbers -- Summary -- 1. Descartes' analytic geometry -- 2. Paving the way -- 3. Imaginary roots and complex numbers -- 4. The fundamental theorem of algebra -- Chapter 5. Struggles with the Infinite -- Summary -- 1. Zeno and Aristotle -- 2. Archimedes' `Method' -- 3. Infinitesimals in the calculus -- 4. Critique of the calculus -- Chapter 6. From Calculus to Analysis -- Summary -- 1. D'Alembert and Lagrange -- 2. Cauchy's `Cours d'Analyse' -- 3. Continuous functions -- 4. Derivative and integral
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Chapter 7. Number Systems -- Summary -- 1. Sets of numbers -- 2. Natural numbers -- 3. Integers and rationals -- 4. Dedekind cuts -- 5. Cantor's construction of the reals -- 6. Decimal expansions -- 7. Algebraic and constructible numbers -- 8. Transcendental numbers -- Chapter 8. Axioms for number systems -- Summary -- 1. The axiomatic method -- 2. The Peano axioms -- 3. Axioms for the real number system -- 4. Appendix: arithmetic and order in C -- Chapter 9. Counting beyond the finite -- Summary -- 1. Cantor's continuum -- 2. Cantor's transfinite numbers -- 3. Comparison of cardinals
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Chapter 10. Solid Foundations? -- Summary -- 1. Avoiding paradoxes: the ZF axioms -- 2. The axiom of choice -- 3. Tribal conflict -- 4. Gödel's incompleteness theorems -- 5. A logician's revenge? -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Index -- Blank Page -- Blank Page
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Added to collection customer.56279.3
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematics
General subdivision History.
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Inventions
General subdivision Mathematical models.
9 (RLIN) 35671
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematics.
Source of heading or term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01012163
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Genre/form data or focus term History.
Source of term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Open Book Publishers,
Relator term Publisher.
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Relationship information Print version:
International Standard Book Number 9781800640962
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
International Standard Book Number 9781800640955
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Materials specified EBSCOhost
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2660315">https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2660315</a>
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