Number Story From Counting to Cryptography /

Numbers have fascinated people for centuries. They are familiar to everyone, forming a central pillar of our understanding of the world, yet the number system was not presented to us "gift-wrapped" but, rather, was developed over millennia. Today, despite all this development, it remains t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Higgins, Peter Michael (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Copernicus, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Temas:
Engineering.
Life sciences.
Social sciences.
Humanities.
Science.
Mathematics.
Technology and Engineering.
Life Sciences.
Humanities and Social Sciences.
Physical Sciences.
Mathematics and Computing.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The First Numbers
  • Discovering Numbers
  • Some Number Tricks
  • Some Tricky Numbers
  • Some Useful Numbers
  • On the Trail of New Numbers
  • Glimpses of Infinity
  • Applications of Number: Chance
  • The Complex History of the Imaginary
  • From Imaginary to Complex
  • The Number Line under the Microscope
  • Application of Number: Codes and Public Key Cryptography
  • For Connoisseurs.

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