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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ball, Keith M., 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mathematics.
MATHEMATICS > Recreations & Games.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
Mathematiques > Miscellanees.
Mathematiques > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Mathematics > Miscellanea.
Mathematics > Popular works.
Popular works.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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