Hidden harmony -- geometric fantasies. The rise of complex function theory

DOI10.1007/978-1-4614-5725-1zbMath1276.30006OpenAlexW4231846118MaRDI QIDQ1935205

Jeremy J. Gray, Umberto Bottazzini

Publication date: 12 February 2013

Published in: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5725-1

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of number theory (11-03) History of algebraic geometry (14-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of functions of a complex variable (30-03) History of several complex variables and analytic spaces (32-03)

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