Mathematics of the 19th Century

by Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, Adolf-Andrei P. Yushkevich, B. L. Laptev et al.

2001 308 pages eng

This book is the second volume of a study of the history of mathematics in the nineteenth century. The first part of the book describes the development of geometry. The many varieties of geometry are considered and three main themes are traced: the development of a theory of invariants and forms th…