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- From: crb11@cus.cam.ac.uk (Colin Bell)
- Subject: Re: math encyclopedias
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.140705.4636@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- References: <1992Nov14.002338.27986@Cadence.COM> <Bxqq6H.Ezt@world.std.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:07:05 GMT
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- In article <Bxqq6H.Ezt@world.std.com>, wdr@world.std.com (William D Ricker) writes:
- |> George Gadelkarim (gjg@Cadence.COM) writes:
- |> >I noticed somebody mention one published by MIT about three
- |> >months ago. I believe it was for $150. Does anybody know its
- |> >name. Does anybody know of a similar or better one?
- |>
- |> I have three different MIT Press publications which try to be an
- |> encyclopedia of math, plus one other.
- |>
- |> From the German:
- |> Behnke, H. et al., eds. Fundamentals of Mathematics. Three
- |> volumes. Volume I: Algebra, Volume II : Geometry, Volume III :
- |> Analysis. Was hardback, now I think in paper only. Each volume is a
- |> sequential survey; random access is quite difficult, if you don't
- |> really mostly remember the subject anyway.
- |>
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- Is there a new edition of this out? I have a copy (acquired secondhand for
- ten pounds) but it's rather out of date in some respects (my edition was
- originally published in German in 1958 I think, and the translation of about
- five years later brings some things up to date but not all)
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- Colin Bell, CRB11@CUS.CAM.AC.UK
- Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Cambridge.
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