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99 variations on a proof /
This book offers a unique, multifaceted perspective on mathematics by demonstrating 99 different proofs of the same theorem. Each chapter solves an otherwise unremarkable equation in distinct historical, formal, and imaginative styles.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Omitted
- One-line
- Two-column
- Illustrated
- Elementary
- Puzzle
- Axiomatic
- Found
- Prerequisite
- Monosyllabic
- Wordless
- Exam
- Ruler and compass
- Reductio ad absurdum
- Contrapositive
- Matrices
- Ancient
- Interpreted
- Indented
- Jargon
- Definitional
- Blackboard
- Substitution
- Symmetry
- Another symmetry
- Open collaborative
- Auditory
- Algorithmic
- Flow chart
- Model
- Formulaic
- Counterexample
- Another counterexample
- Calculus
- Medieval
- Typeset
- Social media
- Preprint
- Parataxis
- Origami
- Induction
- Newsprint
- Analytic
- Screenplay
- Omitted with condescension
- Verbal
- Cute
- Clever
- Computer assisted
- Outsider
- Chromatic
- Topological
- Antiquity
- Marginalia
- Arborescent
- Prefix
- Postfix
- Calculator
- Inventor's paradox
- Patented
- Geometric
- Modern
- Axonometric
- Back of the envelope
- Research seminar
- Tea
- Hand waving
- Approximate
- Word problem
- Statistical
- Another medieval
- Blog
- Translated
- Another translated
- Another interpreted
- Slide rule
- Experimental
- Monte Carlo
- Probabilistic
- Intuitionist
- Paranoid
- Doggerel
- Inconsistency
- Correspondence
- Tabular
- Exhaustion
- Another substitution
- Mechanical
- Dialogue
- Interior monologue
- Retrograde
- Mystical
- Refereed
- Neologism
- Authority
- First person
- Electrostatic
- Psychedelic
- Mondegreen
- Prescribed
- Postscript.