Lacroix and the Calculus
Silvestre François Lacroix (Paris, 1765 - ibid., 1843) was a most influential mathematical book author. His most famous work is the three-volume Traité du calcul différentiel et du calcul intégral (1797-1800; 2nd ed. 1810-1819) – an encyclopedic appraisal of 18th-century calculus which remained the...
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| Language: | English |
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Basel :
Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Series: | Science Networks. Historical Studies,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8638-2 |
Table of Contents:
- A short biography of Silvestre-François Lacroix
- An overview of Lacroix’s Traité
- The principles of the calculus
- Analytic and differential geometry
- Approximate integration and conceptions of the integral
- Types of solutions of differential equations
- Aspects of differences and series
- The Traité élémentaire
- The second edition of Lacroix’s Traité
- Final remarks.