Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- Contents
- Analysis
- Geometry, Topology and Foundations
- Algebra and Number Theory
- Foreword
- Hamilton's Discovery of Quaternions
- Hamilton, Rodrigues, and the Quaternion Scandal
- Building an International Reputation: The Case of J. J. Sylvester (1814–1897)
- The Foundation Period in the History of Group Theory
- The Evolution of Group Theory: A Brief Survey
- The Search for Finite Simple Groups
- Genius and Biographers: The Fictionalization of Evariste Galois
- Hermann Grassmann and the Creation of Linear Algebra
- The Roots of Commutative Algebra in Algebraic Number Theory
- Eisenstein's Misunderstood Geometric Proof of the Quadratic Reciprocity Theorem
- Waring's Problem
- A History of the Prime Number Theorem
- A Hundred Years of Prime Numbers
- The Indian Mathematician Ramanujan
- Emmy Noether
- “ Marvelous Proof,”
- Afterword
- Surveys
- Index
- About the Editors
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- Contents
- Analysis
- Geometry, Topology and Foundations
- Algebra and Number Theory
- Foreword
- Hamilton's Discovery of Quaternions
- Hamilton, Rodrigues, and the Quaternion Scandal
- Building an International Reputation: The Case of J. J. Sylvester (1814–1897)
- The Foundation Period in the History of Group Theory
- The Evolution of Group Theory: A Brief Survey
- The Search for Finite Simple Groups
- Genius and Biographers: The Fictionalization of Evariste Galois
- Hermann Grassmann and the Creation of Linear Algebra
- The Roots of Commutative Algebra in Algebraic Number Theory
- Eisenstein's Misunderstood Geometric Proof of the Quadratic Reciprocity Theorem
- Waring's Problem
- A History of the Prime Number Theorem
- A Hundred Years of Prime Numbers
- The Indian Mathematician Ramanujan
- Emmy Noether
- “ Marvelous Proof,”
- Afterword
- Surveys
- Index
- About the Editors
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- Who Gave You the Epsilon?And Other Tales of Mathematical History, pp. 318 - 327Publisher: Mathematical Association of AmericaPrint publication year: 2009