A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics 2 Volume Set: Containing Propositions, Formulae, and Methods of Analysis, with ...

by George Shoobridge Carr

When George Shoobridge Carr (1837–1914) wrote his Synopsis of Elementary Results he intended it as an aid to students preparing for degree-level examinations like the Cambridge Tripos. He would have been startled to see the two volumes, first published in 1880 and 1886, reprinted more than a century later. However, it fell into the hands of Srinivasa Ramanujan and seems to have been the basis of his mathematical education. It is the interaction between a dry teaching aid and the soaring spirit of a self-taught genius which gives this reissue its interest. TK version to be edited when prelims/part stuff sorted KB 15/03/2012

1016 pages, Paperback

First published May 22, 2012