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An Imaginary Tale : The Story of √-1 /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st Princeton science library ed. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Nahin, Paul J. | |
| 245 | 1 | 3 | |a An Imaginary Tale : |b The Story of √-1 / |c Paul J. Nahin. |
| 250 | |a 1st Princeton science library ed. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Princeton, N.J. : |b Princeton University Press, |c 2010. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2015 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2010. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (296 pages): |b illustrations | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 490 | 0 | |a Princeton science library | |
| 500 | |a Originally published: 1998. | ||
| 500 | |a On t.p. "[the square root of minus one]" appears as a radical over "-1." | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g ch. 1. |t Puzzles of imaginary numbers -- |g ch. 2. |t First try at understanding the geometry of (the square root of minus one) -- |g ch. 3. |t Puzzles start to clear -- |g ch. 4. |t Using complex numbers -- |g ch. 5. |t More uses of complex numbers -- |g ch. 6. |t Wizard mathematics -- |g ch. 7. |t Nineteenth century, cauchy, and the beginning of complex function theory. |
| 520 | 8 | |a Annotation |b Complex numbers have such widespread practical use. This title tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i. It offers an account of mathematical discussions, and the application of complex numbers and functions to important problems. | |
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Numbers, Complex. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01041230 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a MATHEMATICS |x History & Philosophy. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a MATHEMATICS |x Complex Analysis. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Nombres complexes. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Numbers, Complex. | |
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