Analysis by Its History

This book presents first-year calculus roughly in the order in which it was first discovered. The text is complemented by a large number of examples, calculations and mathematical pictures and will provide stimulating and enjoyable reading.

. . . that departed from the traditional dry-as-dust mathematics textbook. (M. Kline, from the Preface to the paperback edition of Kline 1972) Also for this reason, I have taken the trouble to make a great number of drawings. (Brieskom & Knorrer, Plane algebraic curves, p. ii) . . . I should like to bring up again for emphasis . . . points, in which my exposition differs especially from the customary presentation in the text books: 1. Illustration of abstract considerations by means of figures. 2. Emphasis upon its relation to neighboring fields, such as calculus of dif ferences and interpolation . . . 3. Emphasis upon historical growth. It seems to me extremely important that precisely the prospective teacher should take account of all of these. (F. Klein 1908, Eng. ed. p. 236) Traditionally, a rigorous first course in Analysis progresses (more or less) in the following order: limits, sets, ' continuous ' derivatives '* integration. mappings functions On the other hand, the historical development of these subjects occurred in reverse order: Archimedes Cantor 1875 Cauchy 1821 Newton 1665 . ;::: Kepler 1615 Dedekind . ;::: Weierstrass . ;::: Leibniz 1675 Fermat 1638 In this book, with the four chapters Chapter I. Introduction to Analysis of the Infinite Chapter II. Differential and Integral Calculus Chapter III. Foundations of Classical Analysis Chapter IV. Calculus in Several Variables, we attempt to restore the historical order, and begin in Chapter I with Cardano, Descartes, Newton, and Euler's famous Introductio.

Aims at presenting stimulating and enjoyable coverage of the topics Presents topics in the historical order it was developed in, showing how the ideas inspired further development of each topic Many quotations are included to give the flavor of the history The authors have published other successful titles with Springer

Auteur
Gerhard Wanner is the former President of Section VII of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences, former Head of Department of Mathematics at the University of Geneva, and former President of the Swiss Mathematical Society. He is the author of several books.

Résumé
The first two chapters show how the ancient calculations of practical problems led to infinite series, differential and integral calculus and to differential equations.

Contenu
to Analysis of the Infinite.- Differential and Integral Calculus.- Foundations of Classical Analysis.- Calculus in Several Variables.