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ISBN 0-19-502517-2. Reprinted several times with a few corrections of minor errors and misprints as a "Second Edition" in 1943, as a "Third Edition" in 1945, as a "Fourth Edition" in 1947", as "Ninth Printing" in 1958 and as "Tenth Printing" in 1960, and in 1978. [3] [4] (1996) 2nd edition, with additional material by Ian Stewart.
[2] [3] Historically, the concept of a proof and its associated mathematical rigour first appeared in Greek mathematics , most notably in Euclid 's Elements . [ 4 ] Since its beginning, mathematics was primarily divided into geometry and arithmetic (the manipulation of natural numbers and fractions ), until the 16th and 17th centuries, when ...