Author: Jesper Lutzen

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This book gives an analysis of Hertz’s posthumously published Principles of Mechanics in its philosophical, physical and mathematical context. In a period of heated debates about the true foundation …

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Many of the most famous results in mathematics are impossibility theorems stating that something cannot be done. Good examples include the quadrature of the circle by ruler and compass, the solution …

Many of the most famous results in mathematics are impossibility theorems stating that something cannot be done. Good examples include the quadrature of the circle by ruler and compass, the solution …