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Zusatztext "This fascinating book by John Stillwell, an Australian mathematician who won the prestigious Chauvenet Prize, is a carefully structured and clearly written overview of a variety of ‘elementary’ mathematical topics, from number theory, computability, algebra, geometry, calculus, combinatorics, probability, and logic. . . . Specialists will enjoy it, whilst the rest of us will learn a lot." ---Forbes.com Informationen zum Autor John Stillwell is professor of mathematics at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of Reverse Mathematics: Proofs from the Inside Out (Princeton). Klappentext Elements of Mathematics takes readers on a fascinating tour that begins in elementary mathematics--but! as John Stillwell shows! this subject is not as elementary or straightforward as one might think. Not all topics that are part of today's elementary mathematics were always considered as such! and great mathematical advances and discoveries had to occur in order for certain subjects to become "elementary." Stillwell examines elementary mathematics from a distinctive twenty-first-century viewpoint and describes not only the beauty and scope of the discipline! but also its limits. Elements of Mathematics gives readers! from high school students to professional mathematicians! the highlights of elementary mathematics and glimpses of the parts of math beyond its boundaries. Zusammenfassung Elements of Mathematics takes readers on a fascinating tour that begins in elementary mathematics--but, as John Stillwell shows, this subject is not as elementary or straightforward as one might think. Not all topics that are part of today's elementary mathematics were always considered as such, and great mathematical advances and discoveries had t
