| A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics 2 Volume Set: Containing Propositions, Formulae, and Methods of Analysis, with Abridg Contributor(s): Carr, George Shoobridge (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108050662 ISBN-13: 9781108050661 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | History & Philosophy |
| Dewey: 510.212 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 2.2" H x 6.8" W x 9.6" (3.70 lbs) 1016 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When George Shoobridge Carr (1837-1914) wrote his Synopsis of Elementary Results he intended it as an aid to students preparing for degree-level examinations like the Cambridge Tripos. He would have been startled to see the two volumes, first published in 1880 and 1886, reprinted more than a century later. However, it fell into the hands of Srinivasa Ramanujan and seems to have been the basis of his mathematical education. It is the interaction between a dry teaching aid and the soaring spirit of a self-taught genius which gives this reissue its interest. TK version to be edited when prelims/part stuff sorted KB 15/03/2012 |