Playing With Infinity - Mathematical Explorations and Excursions

Klappentext Popular account ranges from counting to mathematical logic and covers many concepts related to infinity: graphic representation of functions; pairings, other combinations; prime numbers; logarithms, circular functions; more. 216 illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTIONPART I THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE1 PLAYING WITH FINGERS2 THE 'TEMPERATURE CHARTS' OF THE OPERATIONS3 THE PARCELLING OUT OF THE INFINITE NUMBER SERIES4 THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE5 VARIATIONS ON A FUNDAMENTAL THEME POSTSCRIPT ON GEOMETRY WITHOUT MEASUREMENTS6 WE GO THROUGH ALL POSSIBILITIES7 COLOURING THE GREY NUMBER SERIES8 I HAVE THOUGHT OF A NUMBER'PART II THE CREATIVE ROLE OF FORM9 DIVERGING NUMBERS10 LIMITLESS DENSITY11 WE CATCH INFINITY AGAIN12 THE LINE IS FILLED UP13 THE CHARTS GET SMOOTHED OUT14 MATHEMATICS IS ONE POSTSCRIPT ABOUT WAVES AND SHADOWS15 WRITE IT DOWN' ELEMENTS16 SOME WORKSHOP SECRETS17 MANY SMALL MAKE A GREAT'PART III THE SELF-CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON18 AND STILL THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF MATHEMATICS POSTSCRIPT ABOUT THE FOURTH DIMENSION19 THE BUILDING ROCKS20 FORM BECOMES INDEPENDENT21 AWAITING JUDGEMENT BY METAMATHEMATICS POSTSCRIPT ON PERCEPTION PROJECTED TO INFINITY22 WHAT IS MATHEMATICS NOT CAPABLE OF? AFTER USE

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• Autori: William R Cobb, Z.P. Dienes, Rozsa Peter, Rozsa Cobb Peter, Rozsa Rozsa Peter, Rózsa Péter, Rozsa P'Ter, Peter Rozsa
• Con la collaborazione di: Z. P. Dienes (Traduzione), Z.P. Dienes (Traduzione)
• Editore: Dover Publications Inc.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.03.2003
• EAN: 9780486232652
• ISBN: 978-0-486-23265-2
• Pagine: 268
• Serie: Dover Books on Mathematics; Dover Books on Mathematics; Dover Books on MaTHEMA 1.4tics
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Matematica > Altro