Single digits : in praise of small numbers /

The numbers one through nine have remarkable mathematical properties and characteristics. For instance, why do eight perfect card shuffles leave a standard deck of cards unchanged? Are there really "six degrees of separation" between all pairs of people? And how can any map need only four...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chamberland, Marc, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
Mathematical analysis.
Sequences (Mathematics)
Combinatorial analysis.
Mathematics > Miscellanea.
Sequences (Mathematics.)
Analyse mathématique.
Suites (Mathématiques)
Analyse combinatoire.
Mathématiques > Miscellanées.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS / General
Mathematics.
miscellanies.
Trivia and miscellanea
Trivia and miscellanea.
Miscellanées.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. The Number One
  • Chapter 2. The Number Two
  • Chapter 3. The Number Three
  • Chapter 4. The Number Four
  • Chapter 5. The Number Five
  • Chapter 6. The Number Six
  • Chapter 7. The Number Seven
  • Chapter 8. The Number Eight
  • Chapter 9. The Number Nine
  • Chapter 10. Solutions
  • Further reading
  • Credits for illustrations
  • Index.

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