A Memoir Of The Theory Of Mathematical Form

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Excerpt from A Memoir of the Theory of Mathematical Form, Vol. 1 1. My object in this memoir is to separate the necessary matter of exact or mathematical thought from the accidental clothing - geometrical, algebraical, logical, &c. - in which it in usually presented for consideration; and to indicate wherein consists the infinite variety which that necessary matter exhibits. 2. The memoir is confined to the exposition of fundamental principles, to their elementary developments, to their application to such a variety of cases as will vindicate their value, and to a description of some simple and uniform modes of putting the necessary matter in evidence. I have been unable to ascertain that the principles here set forth have been previously formulated. Fundamental Principles. 3. Whatever may be the true nature of things and of the conceptions which we have of them (into which points we are not here concerned to inquire), in the operations of reasoning they are dealt with as a number of separate entities or units. 4. These units come under consideration in a variety of garbs - as material objects, intervals or periods of time, processes of thought, points, lines, statements, relationships, arrangements, algebraical expressions, operators, operations, &c., &c., occupy various positions, and are otherwise variously circumstanced. Thus, while some units are incapable of being distinguished from each other, others are by these peculiarities rendered distinguishable. For example, the angular points of a square are distinguishable from the sides, but are not distinguishable from each other. In some instances where distinctions exist they are ignored as not material. Both cases are included in the general statement that some units are distinguished from each other and some are not. 5. In like manner some pairs of units are distinguished from each other, while others are not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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In 2010, French mathematician Cédric Villani received the Fields Medal, the most coveted prize in mathematics, in recognition of a proof which he devised with his close collaborator Clément Mouhot to explain one of the most surprising theories in classical physics. Birth of aTheorem is Villani's own account of the years leading up to the award. It invites readers inside the mind of a great mathematician as he wrestles with the most important work of his career. But you don't have to understand nonlinear Landau damping to love Birth of aTheorem. It doesn't simplify or overexplain; rather, it invites readers into collaboration. Villani's diaries, emails, and musings enmesh you in the process of discovery. You join him in unproductive lulls and late-night breakthroughs. You're privy to the dining-hall conversations at the world's greatest research institutions. Villani shares his favorite songs, his love of manga, and the imaginative stories he tells his children. In mathematics, as in any creative work, it is the thinker's whole life that propels discovery—and with Birth of aTheorem, Cédric Villani welcomes you into his.

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Vols. 2 and 5 include appendices.