TY  - BOOK
AU  - Engelsman,Steven B.
TI  - Families of curves and the origins of partial differentiation
T2  - North-Holland mathematics studies
SN  - 9780444868978
AV  - QA565 .E54 1984eb
U1  - 515.3/3 22
PY  - 1984///
CY  - Amsterdam, New York, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
PB  - North-Holland, Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co.
KW  - Curves, Algebraic
KW  - History
KW  - Sources
KW  - Differential calculus
KW  - Differential equations, Partial
KW  - Courbes alg�ebriques
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Calcul diff�erentiel
KW  - �Equations aux d�eriv�ees partielles
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238)
N2  - This book provides a detailed description of the main episodes in the emergence of partial differentiation during the period 1690-1740. It argues that the development of this concept - to a considerable degree of perfection - took place almost exclusively in problems concerning families of curves. Thus, the book shows the origins of the ideas and techniques which paved the way for the sudden introduction of partial differential equations in 1750. The main methodological characteristic of the book is its emphasis on a full understanding of the motives, problems and goals of the mathematicians of that time
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ER  -