Mathematics Is Not A Spectator Sport (Hb)

Phillips, George

ISBN 10: 0387255281 / ISBN 13: 9780387255286

Editore: Springer, 2005

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Riassunto:

It is often said that mathematics and music go together, and that people with a special aptitude for mathematics often have similar gifts in music. Some music is very profound, and listeners find that there is far more in it than they appreciated at a first hearing. A similar point can be made about an understanding of mathematics.This book introduces the reader to various topics in mathematics and is intended for precocious high school students and college students just beginning their study of mathematics. The topics discussed in this book include a variety of results in number theory involving squares, and also complex numbers, early algebraic ideas such as the Euclidean algorithm, geometrical constructions created by the Greeks, and more recent topics such as group theory.

Informazioni sull?autore: George Phillips is Professor of Mathematics at St. Andrews University, Scotland.  He is the author of two previous books also published by Springer, Two Millenia of Mathematics (2000), and Interpolation and Approximation by Polynomials (2003).

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Titolo: Mathematics Is Not A Spectator Sport (Hb)
Casa editrice: Springer
Data di pubblicazione: 2005
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: New