Re: [HM] Number

Julio Gonzalez Cabillon (jgc@adinet.com.uy)
Wed, 02 Jun 1999 15:13:05 -0300

At 10:09 PM 27/05/1999 -0400, Ed Wall <ewall@umich.edu> wrote:
>
> I was asked the following question by a colleague:
>
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> Do you know of any very good essays or other treatments of domain of number
> (e.g., the major objects , operations, etc, of the whole, integer,
> rational, and real number systems) that would be serious and yet accessible?
> I'd like help in assembling a small number of very good pieces that
> would serve as a resource for a group of mathematicians with whom I am
> working to write an essay on number. In part, I want them to see some
> other people's takes on this domain, and in part, I also want them to see
> what examples of serious writing that is accessible to an educated, but not
> mathematically trained, reader might look like.
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>

Dear Ed,

Please, excuse my lack of understanding of what is being asked for above.
Whereas I see no historical content whatsoever I would much appreciate to
grasp what precisely your colleague is looking for. Would you be kind
enough as to elaborate a bit on this issue?

Many thanks.

Regards, JGC