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Best writing on mathematics 2013 /
This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Among others, Philip Davis offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Best Writing on Mathematics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / Roger Penrose
- Introduction / Mircea Pitici
- The prospects for mathematics in a multimedia civilization / Philip J. Davis
- Fearful symmetry / Ian Stewart
- E pluribus unum : from complexity, universality / Terence Tao
- Degrees of separation / Gregory Goth
- Randomness / Charles Seife
- Randomness in music / Donald E. Knuth
- Playing the odds / Soren Johnson
- Machines of the infinite / John Pavlus
- Bridges, string art, and Bézier curves / Renan Gross
- Slicing a cone for art and science / Daniel S. Silver
- High fashion meets higher mathematics / Kelly Delp
- The Jordan curve theorem is nontrivial / Fiona Ross and William T. Ross
- Why mathematics? What mathematics? / Anna Sfard
- Math anxiety : who has it, why it develops, and how to guard against it / Erin A. Maloney and Sian L. Beilock
- How old are the platonic solids? / David R. Lloyd
- Early modern mathematical instruments / Jim Bennett
- A revolution in mathematics? What really happened a century ago and why it matters today / Frank Quinn
- Errors of probability in historical context / Prakash Gorroochurn
- The end of probability / Elie Ayache
- An abc proof too tough even for mathematicians / Kevin Hartnett.