From his unusual beginning in “Defining a vector” to his final comments on “What then is a vector?” author Banesh Hoffmann has written a book that is provocative and unconventional. In his emphasis on the unresolved issue of defining a vector, Hoffmann mixes pure and applied mathematics without using calculus. The result is a treatment that can serve as a supplement and corrective to textbooks, as well as collateral reading in all courses that deal with vectors.Major topics include vectors and the parallelogram law; algebraic notation and basic ideas; vector algebra; scalars and scalar products; vector products and quotients of vectors; and tensors. The author writes with a fresh, challenging style, making all complex concepts readily understandable. Nearly 400 exercises appear throughout the text.Professor of Mathematics at Queens College at the City University of New York, Banesh Hoffmann is also the author of The Strange Story of the Quantum and other important books. This volume provides much that is new for both students and their instructors, and it will certainly generate debate and discussion in the classroom.
Author: Banesh Hoffmann
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 06/01/1975
Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.60w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780486604893
Language: English
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