On The Study and Difficulties of Mathematics

by Augustus de Morgan

I. Introductory Remarks on the Nature and Objects of Mathematics II. On Arithmetical Notation III. Elementary Rules of Arithmetic IV. Arithmetical Fractions V. Decimal Fractions VI. Algebraical Notation and Principles VII. Elementary Rules of Algebra VIII. Equations of the First Degree IX. On the Negative Sign, etc X. Equations of the Second Degree XI. On Roots in General, and Logarithms XII. On the Study of Algebra XIII. On the Definitions of Geometry XIV. On Geometrical Reasoning XV. On Axioms XVI. On Proportion XVII. Application of Algebra to the Measurement of Lines, Angles, Proportion of Figures, and Surfaces

Genres: Science

308 pages, Paperback

First published April 16, 2004

About the author

British mathematician Augustus de Morgan rigorously defined the technique of induction and greatly contributed to the development of symbolic logic.

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Reviews

[Okinawa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I respect Sir Augustus De Morgan at highest for all his Mathematical Contributions and I would like you to take my review of him as an Author of this book and a writer in general instead of a review to his astonishing Mathematical discoveries

Problem with book is too much text
I am myself not a person as a fan of a Visually Appealing book but fact is book is not Visually Explainable
I mean, so much work is being done in text it all goes round-in-round, it appears more of a book of literature than Mathematics
I mean, they could think of more visually clarifying ways. Just think about me writing here different degrees polynomials and discussing each of one's terms in-between and that all in TEXT

But, you are judging to quickly...book is from 1830s literally...I can not expect the book to be perfectly amusing for a child studying it after almost 200yrs from a different part of Globe
They may had their way of representation at that time in that location, which is good for them

After all, book is good content-wise. It primarily talks about basics of Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry. Well it will be not good literally first hand experience. So content is quite easy and interesting if you just happen to know things
But Text is gonna be literal problem, you would be praying to see a simple plain written equation