Series Editor:
David Rowe, Universitat Mainz
Edited by
Eberhard Knobloch, Technische Universitat Berlin
Description
This volume contains nine essays dealing with historical issues of mathematics. The topics covered span three different approaches to
the history of mathematics that may be considered both representative and vital tothe field. The first section, Images of Mathematics,
addresses the historiographical and philosophical issues involved in determining the meaning of mathematical history. The second section,
Differential Geometry and Analysis, traces the convoluted development of the ideas of differential geometry and analysis. The third section,
Research Communities and International Collaboration, discusses the structure and interaction of mathematical communities through studies
of the social fabric of the mathematical communities of the U.S. and China.
Audience:
Mathematical historians, mathematicians, and scholars interested in the work of Hilbert, Lipschitz, Riemann, and Weierstrass.
