文档介绍：DICTIONARY OF
Classical
AND
Theoretical
mathematics
© 2001 by CRC Press LLC
a Volume in the
Comprehensive Dictionary
of Mathematics
DICTIONARY OF
Classical
AND
Theoretical
mathematics
Edited by
Catherine Cavagnaro
William T. Haight, II
CRC Press
Boca Raton London New York Washington, .
© 2001 by CRC Press LLC
Preface
The Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics, one volume of prehensive
Dictionary of Mathematics, includes entries from the fields of geometry, logic, number theory,
set theory, and topology. The authors who contributed their work to this volume are professional
mathematicians, active in both teaching and research.
The goal in writing this dictionary has been to define each term rigorously, not to author a
large prehensive survey text in mathematics. Though it has remained our purpose to make
each definition self-contained, some definitions unavoidably depend on others, and a modicum of
“definition chasing” is necessitated. We hope this is minimal.
The authors have attempted to extend the scope of this dictionary to the fringes monly
accepted higher mathematics. Surely, some readers will regard an excluded term as being mistak-
enly overlooked, and an included term as one “not quite yet cooked” by years of use by a broad
munity. Such differences in taste cannot be circumnavigated, even by our well-
intentioned and diligent authors. Mathematics is a living and breathing entity, changing daily, so a
list of included terms may be regarded only as a snapshot in time.
We thank the authors who spent countless posing original definitions. In particular, the
help of Dr. Steve Benson, Dr. William Harris, and Dr. Tamara Hummel was key anizing the
collection of terms. Our hope is that this dictionary es a valuable source for students, teachers,
researchers, and professionals.
Catherine Cavagnaro
William T. Haight, II
© 2001 by CRC Press LLC
© 2001 by CRC Press LLC
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