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Contents
PREFACE ix | 16 |
LECTURE TWENTYTHREE Like opening and closing a door | 31 |
Formal axiomatics early twentieth century LECTURE THIRTYFIVE Some remarkable definitions | 38 |
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| Title | Great Moments in Mathematics (after 1650) Dolciani mathematical expositions, ISSN 0884-4461 Volume 2 of Great moments in mathematics / Howard Eves, Howard Eves |
| Author | Howard Eves |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Mathematical Association of America, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 1, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0883853078, 9780883853078 |
| Length | 263 pages |
| Subjects | › Mathematics / History & Philosophy |
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