Cold and Ultracold Collisions in Quantum Microscopic and Mesoscopic Systems

ThisbookpicksupthehistoryofmathematicsfromwhereSherlockHolmesinBabylonleftit.The40articlesofWhoGaveYoutheEpsilon?continuethestoryofthedevelopmentofmathematicsintothenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies.ThearticleshaveallbeenpublishedintheMathematicalAssociationofAmericajournalsandareinmanycaseswrittenbydistinguishedmathematicianssuchasG.H.HardyandB.vanderWaerden.Thearticlesarearrangedthematicallytoshowthedevelopmentofanalysis,geometry,algebraandnumbertheorythroughthisperiodoftime.Eachchapterisprecededbyaforeword,givingthehistoricalbackgroundandsettingandthescene,andisfollowedbyanafterword,reportingonadvancesinourhistoricalknowledgeandunderstandingsincethearticlesfirstappeared.Thisbookisidealforanyonewantingtoexplorethehistoryofmathematics.