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Fearless Symmetry : Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers - New Edition

Mathematicians solve equations, or try to. But sometimes the solutions are not as interesting as the beautiful symmetric patterns that lead to them. Written in a friendly style for a general audience, Fearless Symmetry is the first popular math book to discuss these elegant and mysterious patterns a...

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Auteur principal: Ash, Avner
Autres auteurs: Gross, Robert
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:Mathematicians solve equations, or try to. But sometimes the solutions are not as interesting as the beautiful symmetric patterns that lead to them. Written in a friendly style for a general audience, Fearless Symmetry is the first popular math book to discuss these elegant and mysterious patterns and the ingenious techniques mathematicians use to uncover them. Hidden symmetries were first discovered nearly two hundred years ago by French mathematician ṽariste Galois. They have been used extensively in the oldest and largest branch of mathematics--number theory--for such diverse applications.
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781400837779