A Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences

A Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences

By George Boole

$19.95

Publication Date: 8th February 2014

Written by a great English mathematician, this classic text begins with the differences of elementary functions and explores interpolation, mechanical quadrature, finite integration, and the summation of series. Several useful tests for the convergence and divergence of series are developed, as is a method for finding the limits of error in series expansions. The latter half of the book discusses difference-equations, including linear, mixed, and partial difference-equations, and concludes with applications to problems in geometry and optics. The text pays particular attention to the conn... Read More
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Written by a great English mathematician, this classic text begins with the differences of elementary functions and explores interpolation, mechanical quadrature, finite integration, and the summation of series. Several useful tests for the convergence and divergence of series are developed, as is a method for finding the limits of error in series expansions. The latter half of the book discusses difference-equations, including linear, mixed, and partial difference-equations, and concludes with applications to problems in geometry and optics. The text pays particular attention to the conn... Read More
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Written by a great English mathematician, this classic text begins with the differences of elementary functions and explores interpolation, mechanical quadrature, finite integration, and the summation of series. Several useful tests for the convergence and divergence of series are developed, as is a method for finding the limits of error in series expansions. The latter half of the book discusses difference-equations, including linear, mixed, and partial difference-equations, and concludes with applications to problems in geometry and optics. The text pays particular attention to the connection of the calculus of finite differences with the differential calculus, and more than 200 problems appear in the text (some with solutions). Unabridged republication of the classic 1872 edition.

Unabridged republication of the 2nd and last revised edition.
Details
  • Price: $19.95
  • Pages: 352
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
  • Publication Date: 8th February 2014
  • Trim Size: 5.62 x 8.5 in
  • ISBN: 9780486158525
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    MATHEMATICS / Calculus
Author Bio
English mathematician and philosopher George Boole (1815–64) wrote many works on mathematics and logic. The inventor of Boolean logic, the basis of modern digital computer logic, he is regarded as a founder of the field of computer science.
Written by a great English mathematician, this classic text begins with the differences of elementary functions and explores interpolation, mechanical quadrature, finite integration, and the summation of series. Several useful tests for the convergence and divergence of series are developed, as is a method for finding the limits of error in series expansions. The latter half of the book discusses difference-equations, including linear, mixed, and partial difference-equations, and concludes with applications to problems in geometry and optics. The text pays particular attention to the connection of the calculus of finite differences with the differential calculus, and more than 200 problems appear in the text (some with solutions). Unabridged republication of the classic 1872 edition.

Unabridged republication of the 2nd and last revised edition.
  • Price: $19.95
  • Pages: 352
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
  • Publication Date: 8th February 2014
  • Trim Size: 5.62 x 8.5 in
  • ISBN: 9780486158525
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    MATHEMATICS / Calculus
English mathematician and philosopher George Boole (1815–64) wrote many works on mathematics and logic. The inventor of Boolean logic, the basis of modern digital computer logic, he is regarded as a founder of the field of computer science.