Mathematical Explorations

Informationen zum Autor Alan F. Beardon studied at the University of London and Harvard University, and obtained his PhD from Imperial College London in 1964. He taught at the University of Maryland and the University of Kent before moving to the University of Cambridge in 1968, where he is now an Emeritus Professor. He is the author of six mathematical texts and numerous research papers. Klappentext Provides readers with experience of working on difficult unsolved problems. No deep mathematical background is required. Zusammenfassung Mathematical Explorations provides readers with experience of working on difficult unsolved problems. Readers will see how widely mathematical ideas can be applied and learn how mathematical research is conducted. The author emphasises important underlying ideas rather than solutions for their own sake. No deep mathematical background is required. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; How to use this book; 1. Paying for parking; 2. Lengths and angles; 3. Magic squares; 4. Intersecting chords; 5. Crossing squares; 6. Repeated vector products; 7. A rolling disc; 8. Sums of powers of digits; 9. The metric dimension; 10. Primes and irreducible elements; 11. The symmetries of a quadrilateral; 12. Removing a vertex; 13. Squares within squares; 14. Catalan numbers; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Beardon, Alan F Beardon, Alan F. Beardon, Alan F. (University of Cambridge) Beardon, Beardon Alan F.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2016
• EAN: 9781316610565
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61056-5
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: AIMS Library of Mathematical Sciences; Aims Library of Mathematical S
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics, Mathematical foundations