The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1876-1900: J.J. Sylvester, Felix Klein, and E.H. Moore

by David E. Rowe and Karen Hunger Parshall

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This volume traces the transformation of the United States from a mathematical backwater to a major presence during the quarter-century from 1876 to 1900. Presenting a detailed study of the major figures involved in this transformation, it focuses on the three most influential individuals---the British algebraist James Joseph Sylvester, the German standard-bearer Felix Klein, and the American mathematician Eliakim Hastings Moore---and on the principal...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0821890042

ISBN13:9780821890042

Release Date:January 1994

Publisher:Amer Mathematical Society

Length:500 Pages

Weight:2.15 lbs.

Dimensions:10.3" x 1.3" x 7.3"

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