History of Mathematics in Hungary until the 20th Century
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History of Mathematics in Hungary until the 20th Century

History of Mathematics in Hungary until the 20th Century


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This book was first published in 1970 and reprinted four years later, but since then it has sold out. The helpful comments of my colleagues have strengthened my con­ viction that some changes and corrections were to be done in the third edition. These are summarized below, supplementing a nearly unaltered part of the piace to the original edition. Any work on the history of science spanning a considerably long period of time has to satisfy a great number of criteria as the discipline under scrutiny has to be examined as it evolved, embedded in the intricate network of relations in the national and universal history of culture. Ta compound the problem, the rise of mathematics out of backwardness in Hungary was fraught with relapses instead of leading in a straight line to today's heights. To begin with, the author of a book on science history encounters the problem of what material to include and how to treat it. To stretch the point a little, one might say that as many authors and reviewers, as many opinions. It is almost impossible to coordinate all the divergent points of view and expectations.

Table of Contents:
I. Data on mathematical culture in Hungary before printing.- 1. The origin of Hungarian numerals and cuneiform number symbols.- 2. Written relics of the beginnings of mathematical culture in Hungary.- II. The age of elementary arithmetics.- 3. Education. General level of learning.- 4. Mathematical culture in Hungary as reflected by the first arithmetics and geometries.- 5. János Apáczai Csere’s contribution to mathematics.- 6. 17th century mathematical manuscripts.- 7. The first Hungarian dissertations in mathematics.- III. The beginnings of mathematical research in Hungary.- 8. The deepening of scientific thought.- 9. The mathematical ideas of Istvan Hatvani.- 10. János András Segner.- 11. Some noteworthy textbooks and tables.- 12. Hungarian attempts at quadrature and trisection.- IV. The times of the two Bolyais.- 13. Some preliminary remarks.- 14. Farkas Bolyai.- 15. János Bolyai.- 16. The mathematical activity of the Hungarian Scholarly Society in its first decades.- V. The expansion of mathematical research.- 17. Rising demands towards mathematics.- 18. External factors of the development of mathematics in Hungary.- 19. Jenö Hunyady.- 20. Gyula König.- 21. The emergence of the Bolyai cult.- 22. Gyula Vályi.- 23. Zoárd Geöcze.- 24. At the outset of the 20th century.- 25. Biographies.- The titles of Hungarian periodicals.- Geographical glossary.- Name index.


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  • ISBN-13: 9783662027455
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
  • Height: 244 mm
  • No of Pages: 370
  • Returnable: Y
  • ISBN-10: 3662027453
  • Publisher Date: 23 Aug 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 170 mm


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