Non-Standard Analysis

by Abraham Robinson

Book Overview

Considered by many to be Abraham Robinson's magnum opus, this book offers an explanation of the development and applications of non-standard analysis by the mathematician who founded the subject. Non-standard analysis grew out of Robinson's attempt to resolve the contradictions posed by infinitesimals within calculus. He introduced this new subject in a seminar at Princeton in 1960, and it remains as controversial today as it was then. This paperback...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691044902
• ISBN13: 9780691044903
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"