Strange Curves, Counting Rabbits, & Other Mathematical Explorations /
"In Strange Curves, Counting Rabbits, and Other Mathematical Explorations, Keith Ball draws on areas of mathematics from probability theory, number theory, and geometry. He explores a wide range of concepts, some more lighthearted, others central to the development of the field and used daily b...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2003.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Shannon's free lunch
- Counting dots
- Fermat's Little Theorem and infinite decimals
- Strange curves
- Shared birthdays, normal bells
- Stirling works
- Spare change, pools of blood
- Fibonacci's rabbits revisited
- Chasing the curve
- Rational and irrational.