A HISTORY OF VECTOR ANALYSIS - THE EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The first large-scale study of the development of vectorial systems, awarded a special prize for excellence in 1992 from France's prestigious Jean Scott Foundation. Traces the rise of the vector concept from the discovery of complex numbers through the systems of hypercomplex numbers created by Hamilton and Grassmann to the final acceptance around 1910 of the modern system of vector analysis. Concentrates on vector addition and subtraction, the forms of vector multiplication, vector division (in those systems where it occurs), and the specification of vector types. 1985 corrected edition of 1967 original. Features Summary The first large-scale study of the development of vectorial systems, awarded a special prize for excellence in 1992 from France' s prestigious Jean Scott Foundation... Author Michael J. Crowe Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Release date 20030328 Pages 304 ISBN 0-486-67910-1 ISBN 13 978-0-486-67910-5