Number : from Ahmes to Cantor / Midhat Gazalé.
2000
QA141 .G39 1999 (Mapit)
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Title
Number : from Ahmes to Cantor / Midhat Gazalé.
Author
Gazalé, Midhat J., 1929-
ISBN
069100515X (alk. paper)
Imprint
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2000.
Language
English
Description
xv, 297 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
QA141 .G39 1999
Dewey Decimal Classification
513
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Table of Contents
The genesis of number systems
Positional number systems
Divisibility and number systems
Real numbers
Continued fractions
Cleavages
Infinity.
Positional number systems
Divisibility and number systems
Real numbers
Continued fractions
Cleavages
Infinity.