Mathematics Is Not a Spectator Sport

George M. Phillips

256 pages, parution le 31/08/2005

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Résumé

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.

Written for: Undergraduate math students

L'auteur - George M. Phillips

The author, George M. Phillips, is a Scot who has lectured and researched in mathematics, mainly at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, but also in many other universities in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Brazil, Portugal, Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore, China, and Australia.

Sommaire

Squares
Numbers, Numbers Everywhere
Fibonacci Numbers
Choice and Chance
Geometrical Constructions
The Algebra of Groups
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Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	George M. Phillips
Parution	31/08/2005
Nb. de pages	256
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	490g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387255286
ISBN13	978-0-387-25528-6