The best writing on mathematics. 2019 /

The year's finest mathematical writing from around the world. This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2019 makes avai...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Pitici, Mircea, 1965- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Series:The best writing on mathematics ; tenth
Subjects:
Mathematics.
Mathematics
Mathématiques.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
Popular works.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Geometry v. gerrymandering / Moon Duchin
  • Slicing sandwiches, states, and solar systems : can mathematical tools help determine what divisions are provably fair? / Theodore P. Hill
  • Does mathematics teach how to think? / Paul J. Campbell
  • Abstracting the Rubick's cube / Roice Nelson
  • Topology-disturbing objects : a new class of 3D optical illusion / Kokichi Sugihara
  • Mathematicians explore mirror link between two geometric worlds / Kevin Hartnett
  • Professor Engel's marvelously improbable machines / James Propp
  • The on-line encyclopedia of integer sequences / Neil J.A. Sloane
  • Mathematics for big data / Alessandro Di Bucchianico, Laura Iapichino, Nelly Litvak, Frank van der Meulen, and Ron Wehrens
  • The un(solv)able problem / Toby S. Cubitt, David Pérez-García, and Michael Wolf
  • The mechanization of mathematics / Jeremy Avigad
  • Mathematics as an empirical phenomenon, subject to modeling / Reuben Hersh
  • Does 2 + 3 = 5? In defense of a near absurdity / Mary Leng
  • Gregory's sixth operation / Tiziana Bascelli, Piotr Blaszczyk, Validmir Kanovei, Karin U. Katz, Mikhail G. Katz, Semen S. Kutateladze, Tahl Nowik, David M. Schaps, and David Sherry
  • Kolmogorov complexity and our search for meaning : what math can teach us about finding order in our chaotic lives / Noson S. Yanofsky
  • Ethics in statistical practice and communication : five recommendations / Andrew Gelman
  • The Fields Medal should return to its roots / Michael J. Barany
  • The Erdős paradox / Melvyn B. Nathanson.

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