Strange Curves, Counting Rabbits, & Other Mathematical Explorations.

How does mathematics enable us to send pictures from space back to Earth? Where does the bell-shaped curve come from? Why do you need only 23 people in a room for a 50/50 chance of two of them sharing the same birthday? In Strange Curves, Counting Rabbits, and Other Mathematical Explorations, Keith...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ball, Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Mathematics.
Mathematics > Popular works.
Mathematics > Problems, exercises, etc.
Mathematics
Mathématiques.
Mathématiques > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Popular works
Problems and exercises
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyrights; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Shannon's Free Lunch; Chapter Two: Counting Dots; Chapter Three: Fermat's Little Theorem and Infinite Decimals; Chapter Four: Strange Curves; Chapter Five: Shared Birthdays, Normal Bells; Chapter Six: Stirling Works; Chapter Seven: Spare Change, Pools of Blood; Chapter Eight: Fibonacci's Rabbits Revisited; Chapter Nine: Chasing the Curve; Chapter Ten: Rational and Irrational; Index.

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