The Prussian schoolmaster Hermann Grassmann (1809–77) taught a range of subjects including mathematics, science and Latin and wrote several secondary-school textbooks. Although he was never appointed to a university post, he devoted much energy to mathematical research and developed revolutionary new insights. Die lineale Ausdehnungslehre, published in 1844, is an astonishing work which was not understood by the mathematicians of its time but which anticipated developments that took a century to come to fruition - vector spaces, dimension, exterior products and many other ideas. Admired rather than read by the next generation, it was only fully appreciated by mathematicians such as Peano and Whitehead.

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Product details
- Date Published: December 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108050432
- length: 318 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.41kg
- contains: 1 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Vorrede
Einleitung
Uebersicht der allgemeinen Formenlehre
1. Die Ausdehnungsgrösse
2. Die Elementargrösse
Inhalt.
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