A Mathematical Odyssey: Journey from the Real to the Complex - Brossura

Krantz, Steven G. G.

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ISBN 10: 1489978445 ISBN 13: 9781489978448

Casa editrice: Springer, 2016

Riassunto

This engaging contribution to popular science explores hot-button topics in mathematics that up to now have been largely absent from the genre. Real-world examples and visual aids help unlock the numerical principles of topics such as wavelets and encryption.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Steven G. Krantz and Harold R. Parks have co-authored several classic texts including “A Primer of Real Analytic Functions, 2^nd ed.” © 2002 Birkhäuser, “The Implicit Function Theorem”, © 2003 Birkhäuser, “Geometric Integration Theory”, © 2008 Birkhäuser, “The Geometry of Domains in Space”, © 1999 Birkhäuser. Steven Krantz’s current affiliation is Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and Harold Park’s is currently Professor Emeritus at Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR.

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Mathematics is a poem. It is a lucid, sensual, precise exposition of beautiful ideas directed to specific goals. It is worthwhile to have as broad a cross-section of mankind as possible be conversant with what goes on in mathematics. Just as everyone knows that the Internet is a powerful and important tool for communication, so everyone should know that the Poincaré conjecture gives us important information about the shape of our universe. Just as every responsible citizen realizes that the mass-production automobile was pioneered by Henry Ford, just so everyone should know that the P/NP problem has implications for security and data manipulation that will affect everyone.

This book endeavors to tell the story of the modern impact of mathematics, of its trials and triumphs and insights, in language that can be appreciated by a broad audience. It endeavors to show what mathematics means for our lives, how it impacts all of us, and what new thoughts it should cause us to entertain. It introduces new vistas of mathematical ideas and shares the excitement of new ideas freshly minted. It discusses the significance and impact of these ideas, and gives them meaning that will travel well and cause people to reconsider their place in the universe.

Mathematics is one of mankind's oldest disciplines. Along with philosophy, it has shaped the very modus of human thought. And it continues to do so. To be unaware of modern mathematics is to be miss out on a large slice of life. It is to be left out of essential modern developments. We want to address this point, and do something about it. This is a book to make mathematics exciting for people of all interests and all walks of life. Mathematics is exhilarating, it is ennobling, it is uplifting, and it is fascinating. We want to show people this part of our world, and to get them to travel new paths.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1489978445
• ISBN 13: 9781489978448
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400
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