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Negative math : how mathematical rules can be positively bent : an easy introduction to the study of developing algebraic rules to describe relations among things /
Explores controversies in the history of numbers, especially the so-called negative and ''impossible'' numbers. This book uses history, puzzles, and lively debates to demonstrate how it is possible to devise new artificial systems of mathematical rules. It contends that departure...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2006.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- The problem -- History : much ado about less than nothing -- History : meaningful and meaningless expressions -- History : making radically new mathematics -- Math is rather flexible -- Making a meaningful math. | |
| 520 | |a Explores controversies in the history of numbers, especially the so-called negative and ''impossible'' numbers. This book uses history, puzzles, and lively debates to demonstrate how it is possible to devise new artificial systems of mathematical rules. It contends that departures from traditional rules can even be the basis for new applications. | ||
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