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Numbers : rational and irrational /
A superb development that starts with the natural numbers and carries the reader through the rationals and their decimal representations to algebraic numbers and then to the real numbers. Along the way, you will see characterizations of the rationals and of certain special (Liouville) transcendental...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven : Washington, DC :
Yale University ; The Mathematical Association of America,
[2002]
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| Colección: | Anneli Lax new mathematical library ;
v. 1. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A superb development that starts with the natural numbers and carries the reader through the rationals and their decimal representations to algebraic numbers and then to the real numbers. Along the way, you will see characterizations of the rationals and of certain special (Liouville) transcendental numbers. This material is basic to all of algebra and analysis. Professor Niven's book may be read with profit by interested high school students as well as by college students and others who want to know more about the basic aspects of pure mathematics. |
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| Notas: | Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jan 2012). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource ([ix], 140 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes index. |
| ISBN: | 9780883859193 088385919X |