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The Calculus of Friendship is the story of an extraordinary connection between a teacher and a student, as chronicled through more than thirty years of letters between them. What makes their relationship unique is that it is based almost entirely on a shared love of calculus. For them, calculus is m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Strogatz, Steven
Otros Autores: Joffray, Don, 1929-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Strogatz, Steven > Correspondence.
Joffray, Don, > 1929- > Correspondence.
Strogatz, Steven H. > (Steven Henry) > Correspondence.
Strogatz, Steven H. / (Steven Henry) / Correspondence.
Joffray, Don / 1929- / Correspondence.
Joffray, Don, > 1929-
Strogatz, Steven.
Mathematicians > Correspondence.
Calculus.
Differential equations.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Mathématiciens > Correspondance.
Calcul infinitésimal.
Équations différentielles.
Chaos.
calculus.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
MATHEMATICS > General.
Mathematicians.
Autobiographies.
Personal correspondence.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Continuity (1974-75)
  • Pursuit (1976)
  • Relativity (1977)
  • Irrationality (1978-79)
  • Shifts (1980-89)
  • Proof on a place mat (March 1989)
  • The monk and the mountain (1989-90)
  • Randomness (1990-91)
  • Infinity and limits (1991)
  • Chaos (1992-95)
  • Celebration (1996-99)
  • The path of quickest descent (2000-2003)
  • Bifurcation (2004)
  • Hero's formula (2005-present).

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