The Best Writing on Mathematics 2021 /

The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world-and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy the pieces collected here. These essays-from leading names and fresh new voic...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pitici, Mircea (Autor, Contribuidor)
Otros Autores: Askew, Mike (Contribuidor), Barany, Michael J. (Contribuidor), Blåsjö, Viktor (Contribuidor), Conway, J. H. (Contribuidor), Duddy, Michael C. (Contribuidor), Edwards, Harold M. (Contribuidor), Garcia, Stephan Ramon (Contribuidor), Glesser, Adam (Contribuidor), Hand, David J. (Contribuidor), Hartnett, Kevin (Contribuidor), Howe, Roger (Contribuidor), Lewis-Pye, Andrew (Contribuidor), Logsdon, Ben (Contribuidor), Lucas, Stephen K. (Contribuidor), Mahajan, Sanjoy (Contribuidor), Michaelsen, Anya (Contribuidor), Monroe, Don (Contribuidor), Moscow, U. S. S. R. (Contribuidor), Nasifoglu, Yelda (Contribuidor), Nathanson, Melvyn B. (Contribuidor), Paterson, M. S. (Contribuidor), Pomerantz, Steve (Contribuidor), Sander, Evelyn (Contribuidor), Siehler, Jacob (Contribuidor), Sokol, Joshua (Contribuidor), Suceavă, Bogdan D. (Contribuidor), Taalman, Laura (Contribuidor), Tao, Terence (Contribuidor), Trnkova, Maria (Contribuidor), Vâjiac, Mihaela B. (Contribuidor), Wagon, Stan (Contribuidor), Wallace, Michael (Contribuidor), Wolchover, Natalie (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Colección:The Best Writing on Mathematics ; 19
Temas:
Mathematics.
MATHEMATICS / General.
Abel's theorem.
Academic freedom.
Addition.
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Algebra I.
Algorithm.
Alhazen.
American Mathematical Monthly.
Analytic number theory.
Approximation.
Axiom.
Bachelor of Science.
Bitcoin.
Boston University.
Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.
Computer science.
Differential equation.
Educational Studies in Mathematics.
Elementary mathematics.
Equation.
Estimation.
European Association for Theoretical Computer Science.
Experimental mathematics.
Explanation.
Exponential function.
Exponential map (Lie theory).
Fermat's Last Theorem.
Foundations of mathematics.
Function (mathematics).
Fundamental solution.
Game Theory.
General relativity.
Geometry.
Historia Mathematica.
Hyperbolic geometry.
Identity (mathematics).
International Congress of Mathematicians.
International Mathematical Union.
Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy.
Latin honors.
Learning.
Linear algebra.
Logarithm.
Master of Mathematics.
Master of Science.
MathFest.
MathOverflow.
Mathematica.
Mathematical Association.
Mathematical beauty.
Mathematical instrument.
Mathematical notation.
Mathematician.
Mathematics education.
Modernity.
Nathan Rosen.
National Academy of Sciences.
National Assessment of Educational Progress.
National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Natural number.
New Scientist.
Nobel Prize.
Philosophy of mathematics.
Physicist.
Physics education.
Physics.
Platonic solid.
Prime number theorem.
Prime number.
Probability.
Proportionality (mathematics).
Pure mathematics.
Quantity.
Quantum algorithm.
Quantum mechanics.
Real analysis.
Real number.
Realization (probability).
Reason.
Result.
Salem Prize.
Science.
Scientific community.
Scientist.
Sign (mathematics).
Simulation hypothesis.
Sophie Germain.
Standard algorithms.
Statistical significance.
Statistics.
The Mathematical Gazette.
The Mathematical Intelligencer.
Theorem.
Thought.
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study.
Trinity Mathematical Society.
Variable (mathematics).
X10 (programming language).
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Lockdown Mathematics: A Historical Perspective
  • Cryptocurrencies: Protocols for Consensus
  • Logical Accidents and the Problem of the Inside Corner
  • Cosmatesque Design and Complex Analysis
  • Nullstellenfont
  • Hyperbolic Flowers
  • Embodied Geometry in Early Modern Theatre
  • Modeling Dynamical Systems for 3D Printing
  • Scientists Uncover the Universal Geometry of Geology
  • Bouncing Balls and Quantum Computing
  • Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades through Physics and Math
  • Dark Data
  • Analysis in an Imperfect World
  • A Headache-Causing Problem
  • A Zeroth Power Is Often a Logarithm Yearning to Be Free
  • The Bicycle Paradox
  • Tricolor Pyramids
  • Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come from a Century-Old Approach to Math
  • The Role of History in the Study of Mathematics
  • "All of These Political Questions": Anticommunism, Racism, and the Origin of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society
  • Reasoning as a Mathematical Habit of Mind
  • Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics-How Are We Doing?
  • Tips for Undergraduate Research Supervisors
  • "The Infinite Is the Chasm in Which Our Thoughts Are Lost": Reflections on Sophie Germain's Essays
  • Who Owns the Theorem?
  • A Close Call: How a Near Failure Propelled Me to Succeed
  • Contributors
  • Notable Writings
  • Acknowledgments
  • Credits

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