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Euler's gem : the polyhedron formula and the birth of topology /

How a simple equation reshaped mathematics Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects--from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler's theorem is so simple it can be explained to a child. Fr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richeson, David S. (David Scott) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Edición:New Princeton science library edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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