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The Calculus of Friendship : What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math /
The Calculus of Friendship is the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student, as chronicled through more than thirty years of letters between them. What makes their relationship unique is that it is based almost entirely on a shared love of calculus. For them, calculus is m...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2011]
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| Edición: | Course Book |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prologue
- Continuity (1974-75)
- Pursuit (1976)
- Relativity (1977)
- Irrationality (1978-79)
- Shifts (1980-89)
- Proof on a Place Mat (March 1989)
- The Monk and the Mountain (1989-90)
- Randomness (1990-91)
- Infinity and Limits (1991)
- Chaos (1992-95)
- Celebration (1996-99)
- The Path of Quickest Descent (2000-2003)
- Bifurcation (2004)
- Hero's Formula (2005-Present)
- Acknowledgments
- Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Photography Credits
- Index of Math Problems