Product Description

The positive response to the publication of Blanton's English translations of Euler's "Introduction to Analysis of the Infinite" confirmed the relevance of this 240 year old work and encouraged Blanton to translate Euler's "Foundations of Differential Calculus" as well. The current book constitutes just the first 9 out of 27 chapters. The remaining chapters will be published at a later time. With this new translation, Euler's thoughts will not only be more accessible but more widely enjoyed by the mathematical community.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #118211 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 194 pages

Language Notes
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin

Customer Reviews

A Classic and a Current
While Newton (arguably) founded the subject, Euler (pronounced 'oiler') developed all the methods used today in Differential Calculus. Not only was Leonhard Euler the greatest Mathematician of his day (he actually wrote over a quarter of the tracts from the 18th century!), but he wrote in a humbling and readable manner such that anyone with a foundation may approach his proofs. And this text is no different; simply a book any mathematician should own. Truly one of the milestones of Calculus.

PART 1 OF BOOK
I was disappointed when I opened the box to find a skinny hardcover 6" by 8" book. I was expecting a full blown thick textbook for the price of $60. This is more of a novelty item for those of you who wish to find out how the theory of differentiation started from scratch. The book has the first steps and analysis that lead to the power rule etc. There is lot of useful information but the notations are a bit a different. This is not a text book with problems and solution. There are examples but these examples are nothing like you'd find in a calculus class. I think this book should be sold for $25 tops. Another thing is that when Euler wrote this book, it had 23 chapters, this is only the first 9 chapters so it leaves you shy of the whole picture. There is about 15 pages on solving Linear Differential equations. I have not read the book word per word yet. So for the intelligent ones, there may be more information they could harvest out of this book. This book is definitely over priced!