The Essence of Numbers

by Frédéric Patras

This book considers the manifold possible approaches, past and present, to our understanding of the natural numbers. They are treated as epistemic objects: mathematical objects that have been subject to epistemological inquiry and attention throughout their history and whose conception has evolved accordingly. Although they are the simplest and most common mathematical objects, as this book reveals, they have a very complex nature whose study illuminates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030566994
• ISBN13: 9783030566999
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"