Cornell University Library Historical Math Monographs

A treatise on universal algebra: with applications

Alfred North Whitehead

Cambridge: The University Press, 1898.
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Subjects:

Algebra, Universal
Permanent link to this monograph: http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.chmm/1263316509
ISBN:1-4297-0032-7

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Contents

xiii-xxvi

Book I: Principles of algebraic symbolism

Chapter I: On the nature of a calculus

1-12

Chapter II: Manifolds

13-17

Chapter III: Principles of universal algebra

18-32

Book II: The algebra of symbolic logic

Chapter I: The algebra of symbolic logic

33-44

Chapter II: The algebra of symbolic logic (continued)

45-82

Chapter III: Existential expressions

83-98

Chapter IV: Application to logic

99-106

Chapter V: Propositional interpretation

107-116

Book III: Positional manifolds

Chapter I: Fundamental propositions

117-131

Chapter II: Straight lines and planes

132-143

Chapter III: Quadrics

144-161

Chapter IV: Intensity

162-168

Book IV: Calculus of extension

Chapter I: Combinatorial multiplication

169-180

Chapter II: Regressive multiplication

181-198

Chapter III: Supplements

199-213

Chapter IV: Descriptive geometry

214-228

Chapter V: Descriptive geometry of conics and cubics

229-247

Chapter VI: Matrices

248-269

Book V: Extensive manifolds of three dimensions

Chapter I: Systems of forces

271-283

Chapter II: Groups of systems of forces

284-299

Chapter III: Invariants of groups

300-315

Chapter IV: Matrices and forces

316-346

Book VI: Theory of metrics

Chapter I: Theory of distance

347-370

Chapter II: Elliptic geometry

371-398

Chapter III: Extensive manifolds and elliptic geometry

399-413

Chapter IV: Hyperbolic geometry

414-440

Chapter V: Hyperbolic geometry (continued)

441-455

Chapter VI: Kinematics in three dimensions

456-477

Chapter VII: Curves and surfaces

478-495

Chapter VIII: Transition to parabolic geometry

496-502

Book VII: Application of the calculus of extension to geometry

Chapter I: Vectors

503-522

Chapter II: Vectors (continued)

523-538

Chapter III: Curves and surfaces

539-547

Chapter IV: Pure vector formulæ

548-575

Index

577-586

Cornell University Library Historical Math Monographs

Cornell University Library Historical Math Monographs