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Struik, Dirk Jan was born on September 30, 1894 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Hendrik Jan and Anna (Schilperoort) Struik. came to the United States, 1926.
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This compact, well-written history — first published in 1948, and now in its fourth revised edition — describes the main trends in the development of all fields of mathematics from the first available records to the middle of the 20th century. Students, researchers, historians, specialists — in short, everyone with an interest in mathematics — will find it engrossing and stimulating. Beginning with the ancient Near East, the author traces the ideas and techniques developed in Egypt, Babylonia, China, and Arabia, looking into such manuscripts as the Egyptian Papyrus Rhind, the Ten Classics of China, and the Siddhantas of India. He considers Greek and Roman developments from their beginnings in Ionian rationalism to the fall of Constantinople; covers medieval European ideas and Renaissance trends; analyzes 17th- and 18th-century contributions; and offers an illuminating exposition of 19th century concepts. Every important figure in mathematical history is dealt with — Euclid, Archimedes, Diophantus, Omar Khayyam, Boethius, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Leibniz, Fourier, Gauss, Riemann, Cantor, and many others. For this latest edition, Dr. Struik has both revised and updated the existing text, and also added a new chapter on the mathematics of the first half of the 20th century. Concise coverage is given to set theory, the influence of relativity and quantum theory, tensor calculus, the Lebesgue integral, the calculus of variations, and other important ideas and concepts. The book concludes with the beginnings of the computer era and the seminal work of von Neumann, Turing, Wiener, and others. "The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." — Nature Magazine.
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This monograph intends to give a general survey of the different branches of the geometry of linear displacements which so far have received attention', The material on this new type of differential geometry has grown so rapidly in re cent years that it is impossible, not only to be complete, but even to do justice to the work of the different authors, so that a selection had to be made, We hope, however, that enough territory is covered to enable the reader to understand the present state of the theory in the essential points, The author wishes to thank several mathematicians who have helped hirn with remarks and suggestions; especially Dr. J. A. SCHOUTEN of Delft and Dr. N. HANSEN BALL of Princeton. Cambridge, Mass., October 1933. D. J. STRUIK. Contents. Page Introduction ...I. Algebra ...5 1. Vectors and tensors in E n 5 2. Densities ...6 3. Measuring vectors . 7 4. Point algebra...8 5. The general manifold X" 9 6. Non-holonomic measuring vectors . 10 7. Pseudotensors ...12 11. Affine connections ...13 1. The principle of displacement 13 2. Affine displacement Ln 14 3. Torsion...17 4. WEYL connection . 18 5. Metrical connection 19 6. Curvature...19 7. Integrability 20 8. Some identities 21 9. Non-holonomic systems 22 10. Transformation groups 23 IH. Connections associated with differential equations 24 1. Paths ...24 2. Projective transformations 25 3. THoMAs parameters ...
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Struik, Dirk Jan was born on September 30, 1894 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Son of Hendrik Jan and Anna (Schilperoort) Struik. came to the United States, 1926.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Leiden, 1922.
Assistant, Technology U., Delft, The Netherlands, 1917-1924;
from assistant professor to professor mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1926-1940;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1940-1960;
professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1960. Research associate, associate department history of science Harvard University, Cambridge. Professor of history of science U. Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1963-1964.
Lecturer U. Mexico, U. P.R., 1962, U. Costa Rica, 1965, U. Bielefeld, Germany, 1977.
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(Both volumes are well illustrated. Measure 11 X 17 cm.)
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(299 Total pages.)
Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Wiskundig Genootschap (honorary), Appalachian Mountain Club.
Married Saly Ruth Ramler, July 14, 1923. Children: Ruth Rebekka, Ann Nicolette Struik Macchi, Gwendolyn Jessica Struik Bray.