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Charming Proofs : a Journey into Elegant Mathematics /

"Theorems and their proofs lie at the heart of mathematics. In speaking of the purely aesthetic qualities of theorems and proofs, G.H. Hardy wrote that in beautiful proofs 'there is a very high degree of unexpectedness, combined with inevitability and economy'. Charming Proofs present...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Alsina, Claudi, Nelsen, Roger
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:Dolciani mathematical expositions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A garden of integers
  • Distinguished numbers
  • Points in the plane
  • The polygonal playground
  • A treasury of triangle theorems
  • The enchantment of the equilateral triangle
  • The quadrilaterals' corner
  • Squares everywhere
  • Curves ahead
  • Adventures in tiling and coloring
  • Geometry in three dimensions
  • Additional theorems, problems, and proofs.