Great Moments In Mathematics

Author : Howard Eves
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780883853115

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Great Moments in Mathematics: After 1650 by Howard Eves Pdf

What a splendid addition this is to the Dolciani Mathematical Exposition series! This second set of lectures on great moments in mathematics (after 1650) is a fascinating collection of pivotal points in the historical development of mathematics...The four lectures devoted to the liberation of geometry and algebra are of particular interest. The lectures should be required reading for all teachers of mathematics. —Herbert Fremont, The Mathematics Teacher Eves is never less than tantalizing and usually inspiring...each 'great moment' has detailed exercises following it, as these have been carefully chosen to illustrate the depth of the ideas in question. —C. W. Kilmister, The London Times, Higher Education Supplement As is usual with Eves' work, the books are well written and entertaining. They give an historical background to many of the best known mathematical results, and, in addition, provide interesting pieces of information about the mathematicians involved. Eves includes relevant exercises at the end of each chapter. These are a good source of different, interesting problems, and when combined with the material in the chapter, could form the basis for a mathematical project...Eves' book provides an interesting, well-written, and enjoyable account. You won't be disappointed. —David Parrott, The Australian Mathematics Teacher

Author : Howard Whitley Eves
Publisher : MAA
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 0883853108

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Great Moments in Mathematics (before 1650) by Howard Whitley Eves Pdf

[V.2] This is a companion to Great moments in mathematics before 1650. It can be appreciated by anyone with a working knowledge of beginning deferential and integral calculus. Includes: the birth of mathematical probability, the invention of the differential calculus, the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry, the discovery of noncommutative algebra, and the resolution of the four-color problem.

Author : Howard Eves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0883853000

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Great Moments in Mathematics (before 1650) by Howard Eves Pdf

Author : Howard Eves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0883853000

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Great Moments in Mathematics by Howard Eves Pdf

Author : Howard Whitley Eves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0883853000

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Great Moments in Mathematics (after 1650) by Howard Whitley Eves Pdf

Author : Howard W. Eves
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:634314460

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Great Moments in Mathematics After 1650 by Howard W. Eves Pdf

Author : American Mathematical Society
Publisher : MAA Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0883853124

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Great Moment in Mathematics by American Mathematical Society Pdf

Author : George Publishing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1700669222

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Great Moments In Mathematics Notebook by George Publishing Pdf

Author : Mark C. Chu-Carroll
Publisher : Pragmatic Bookshelf
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781680503609

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Good Math by Mark C. Chu-Carroll Pdf

Mathematics is beautiful--and it can be fun and exciting as well as practical. Good Math is your guide to some of the most intriguing topics from two thousand years of mathematics: from Egyptian fractions to Turing machines; from the real meaning of numbers to proof trees, group symmetry, and mechanical computation. If you've ever wondered what lay beyond the proofs you struggled to complete in high school geometry, or what limits the capabilities of computer on your desk, this is the book for you. Why do Roman numerals persist? How do we know that some infinities are larger than others? And how can we know for certain a program will ever finish? In this fast-paced tour of modern and not-so-modern math, computer scientist Mark Chu-Carroll explores some of the greatest breakthroughs and disappointments of more than two thousand years of mathematical thought. There is joy and beauty in mathematics, and in more than two dozen essays drawn from his popular "Good Math" blog, you'll find concepts, proofs, and examples that are often surprising, counterintuitive, or just plain weird. Mark begins his journey with the basics of numbers, with an entertaining trip through the integers and the natural, rational, irrational, and transcendental numbers. The voyage continues with a look at some of the oddest numbers in mathematics, including zero, the golden ratio, imaginary numbers, Roman numerals, and Egyptian and continuing fractions. After a deep dive into modern logic, including an introduction to linear logic and the logic-savvy Prolog language, the trip concludes with a tour of modern set theory and the advances and paradoxes of modern mechanical computing. If your high school or college math courses left you grasping for the inner meaning behind the numbers, Mark's book will both entertain and enlighten you.

Author : Simon Singh
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781408835319

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The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh Pdf

You may have watched hundreds of episodes of The Simpsons (and its sister show Futurama) without ever realising that they contain enough maths to form an entire university course. In The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets, Simon Singh explains how the brilliant writers, some of the mathematicians, have smuggled in mathematical jokes throughout the cartoon's twenty-five year history, exploring everything from to Mersenne primes, from Euler's equation to the unsolved riddle of P vs. NP, from perfect numbers to narcissistic numbers, and much more. With wit, clarity and a true fan's zeal, Singh analyses such memorable episodes as 'Bart the Genius' and 'Homer3' to offer an entirely new insight into the most successful show in television history.

Author : Donald C. Benson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0195139194

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The Moment of Proof by Donald C. Benson Pdf

A brilliant introduction to the pleasures of mathematical thinking, this book attempts to convey to general readers the feeling of eureka--the joy of discovery--that mathematicians feel when they first encounter an elegant truth. 92 line illustrations.

Author : Kristine Reed Woleck
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412965842

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Moments in Mathematics Coaching by Kristine Reed Woleck Pdf

Using a case-based approach, Moments in Mathematics Coaching helps readers examine the possibilities of their position and develop a range of images of the work of mathematics coaching. The cases and author narrative illustrate how to implement specific coaching strategies and make transparent to the reader the reflection and decision-making elements of coaching. In this way the author, an experienced mathematics coach and coach-educator, effectively models the reflective nature of the work and the power of such reflection for continual growth. The book communicates the challenges and successes of mathematics coaching and provides a wide range of strategies, tips, and guidelines. This resource may be used by individuals or by a book study group of mathematics coaches.

Author : Henry J. Landau,American Mathematical Society
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Inequalities
ISBN : 0821801147

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Moments in Mathematics by Henry J. Landau,American Mathematical Society Pdf

Function theory, spectral decomposition of operators, probability, approximation, electrical and mechanical inverse problems, prediction of stochastic processes, the design of algorithms for signal-processing VLSI chips--these are among a host of important theoretical and applied topics illuminated by the classical moment problem. To survey some of these ramifications and the research which derives from them, the AMS sponsored the Short Course Moments in Mathematics at the Joint Mathematics Meetings, held in San Antonio, Texas, in January 1987. This volume contains the six lectures presented during that course. The papers are likely to find a wide audience, for they are expository, but nevertheless lead the reader to topics of current research. In his paper, Henry J. Landau sketches the main ideas of past work related to the moment problem by such mathematicians as Caratheodory, Herglotz, Schur, Riesz, and Krein and describes the way the moment problem has interconnected so many diverse areas of research. J. H. B. Kemperman examines the moment problem from a geometric viewpoint which involves a certain natural duality method and leads to interesting applications in linear programming, measure theory, and dilations. Donald Sarason first provides a brief review of the theory of unbounded self-adjoint operators then goes on to sketch the operator-theoretic treatment of the Hamburger problem and to discuss Hankel operators, the Adamjan-Arov-Krein approach, and the theory of unitary dilations. Exploring the interplay of trigonometric moment problems and signal processing, Thomas Kailath describes the role of Szego polynomials in linear predictive coding methods, parallel implementation, one-dimensional inverse scattering problems, and the Toeplitz moment matrices. Christian Berg contrasts the multi-dimensional moment problem with the one-dimensional theory and shows how the theory of the moment problem may be viewed as part of harmonic analysis on semigroups. Starting from a historical survey of the use of moments in probability and statistics, Persi Diaconis illustrates the continuing vitality of these methods in a variety of recent novel problems drawn from such areas as Wiener-Ito integrals, random graphs and matrices, Gibbs ensembles, cumulants and self-similar processes, projections of high-dimensional data, and empirical estimation.

Author : Roger B. Nelsen
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781470451868

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Proofs Without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking by Roger B. Nelsen Pdf

Proofs without words are generally pictures or diagrams that help the reader see why a particular mathematical statement may be true, and how one could begin to go about proving it. While in some proofs without words an equation or two may appear to help guide that process, the emphasis is clearly on providing visual clues to stimulate mathematical thought. The proofs in this collection are arranged by topic into five chapters: Geometry and algebra; Trigonometry, calculus and analytic geometry; Inequalities; Integer sums; and Sequences and series. Teachers will find that many of the proofs in this collection are well suited for classroom discussion and for helping students to think visually in mathematics.

Author : Roger B. Nelsen
Publisher : MAA
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
ISBN : 0883857006

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Proofs Without Words by Roger B. Nelsen Pdf