How to Measure the Infinite: Mathematics with Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers

by Vieri Benci and Mauro Di Nasso

'This text shows that the study of the almost-forgotten, non-Archimedean mathematics deserves to be utilized more intently in a variety of fields within the larger domain of applied mathematics.'CHOICEThis book contains an original introduction to the use of infinitesimal and infinite numbers, namely, the Alpha-Theory, which can be considered as an alternative approach to nonstandard analysis.The basic principles are presented in an elementary way...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812836373
• ISBN13: 9789812836373
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"