Is mathematics inevitable? : a miscellany

著者

• Dudley, Underwood

書誌事項

Is mathematics inevitable? : a miscellany

edited by Underwood Dudley

（MAA spectrum）

Mathematical Association of America, c2008

注記

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This is a collection of gems from the literature of mathematics that shine as brightly today as when they first appeared in print - they deserve to be seen and admired. The selections include two opposing views on the purpose of mathematics, the strong law of small numbers, the treatment of calculus in the 1771 Encyclopaedia Britannica, several proofs that the number of legs on a horse is infinite, a deserved refutation of the ridiculous Euler-Diderot anecdote, the real story of π and the Indiana legislature, the reason why Theodorus stopped proving that square roots were irrational when he got to the square root of 17, an excerpt from Mathematics Made Difficult, a glimpse into the mind of a calculating prodigy, and much more. There will be something here for anyone interested in mathematics.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB12231486
• ISBN:
  • 9780883855669
• LCCN: 2007940798
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Washington, D.C.
• ページ数/冊数: x, 325 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QA99
  • DC22 : 510
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Mathematics -- Miscellanea
  • LCSH : Mathematics -- Humor
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA17084268