Nonstandard methods and applications in mathematics /
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| Imprint: | La Jolla, Calif. : Association for Symbolic Logic ; Wellesley, Mass. : AK Peters, c2006. |
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| Description: | ix, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Lecture notes in logic ; 25 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5928635 |
| Summary: | A conference on Nonstandard Methods and Applications in Mathematics (NS2002) was held in Pisa, Italy from June 12-16, 2002. Nonstandard analysis is one of the great achievements of modern applied mathematical logic. In addition to the important philosophical achievement of providing a sound mathematical basis for using infinitesimals in analysis, the methodology is now well established as a tool for both research and teaching, and has become a fruitful field of investigation in its own right. This book is a collection of peer-reviewed papers solicited from some of the participants of this conference with the aim of providing something more timely than a textbook, but less ephemeral than a conventional proceedings. It contains both survey papers and research articles with special consideration for one, "Nonstandard analysis at pre-university level: naive magnitude analysis" in which the author discusses his experience teaching calculus through an infinitesimal approach. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781568812915 1568812914 9781568812922 1568812922 |
