Cargando…
An imaginary tale : the story of [the square root of minus one] /
Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' mo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2007.
|
| Edición: | 1st pbk. ed. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i. He recreates the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up, and the colorful characters who tried to solve them. In 1878, when two brothers stole a mathematical papyrus from the ancient Egyptian burial site in the Valley of Kings. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 267 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400833894 1400833892 |