RT Journal Article T1 Introduction to Mathematics and Geosciences: Global and Local Perspectives, Volume I A1 Orive, Rafael A1 Osete López, María Luisa A1 Díaz Díaz, Jesús Ildefonso A1 Fernández, José AB Mathematics plays a fundamental role in all scientific fields and, of course, in the Geosciences. This has been specially well known since, for example, the beginning of geodesy in the Greek era (VANÍC EK and KRAKIWSKY 1992) or in the pioneering studies of planet Earth's interior and the description of the Earth's potential fields (geomagnetic and gravimetric). We can remember that Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), who is recognized as one of the history's most influential mathematicians, had a remarkable. PB Springer SN 0033-4553 YR 2015 FD 2015 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33813 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33813 LA eng NO DGISPI (Spain) NO the UCM Research Group MOMAT DS Docta Complutense RD 7 abr 2025