Euler''s Pioneering Equation - The Most Beautiful Theorem in Mathematics

In just seven symbols, with profound and beautiful simplicity, Euler's Equation connects five of the most important numbers in mathematics. Robin Wilson explores each number in turn, then brings them together to consider the power of the equation as a whole.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: 1


• 2: 0


• 3: ¿


• 4: e


• 5: i


• 6: e^i¿ + 1 = 0


• Further Reading


• Index

About the author

Robin Wilson is an Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, Emeritus Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London, and a former fellow of Keble College, Oxford University. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. A former President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics, he has written and edited many books on the history of mathematics, including Lewis Carroll in Numberland, and also on graph theory, including Introduction to Graph Theory and Four Colours Suffice. Involved with the popularization of mathematics and its history, he has been awarded the Mathematical Association of America's Lester Ford award and Pólya prize for his 'outstanding expository writing', and the Ralph Stanton Award for outreach activities in combinatorics. He has Erdös Number 1.

Summary

In just seven symbols, with profound and beautiful simplicity, Euler's Equation connects five of the most important numbers in mathematics. Robin Wilson explores each number in turn, then brings them together to consider the power of the equation as a whole.

Product details

• Authors: Wilson, Robin Wilson, Robin (Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathemat Wilson, Robin (Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics Wilson, Wilson Robin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.07.2019
• EAN: 9780198794936
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879493-6
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; popular science, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, History of mathematics, Popular mathematics