Fearless Symmetry - Avner Ash,Robert Gross
Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers
KORTE INHOUD
Mathematicians solve equations, or try to. But sometimes the solutions are not as interesting as the beautiful symmetric patterns that lead to them. Written in a friendly style for a general audience, Fearless Symmetry is the first popular math book to discuss these elegant and mysterious patterns and the ingenious techniques mathematicians use to uncover them. Hidden symmetries were first discovered nearly two hundred years ago by French mathematician Évariste Galois. They have been used extensively in the oldest and largest branch of mathematics--number theory--for such diverse applications as acoustics, radar, and codes and ciphers. They have also been employed in the study of Fibonacci numbers and to attack well-known problems such as Fermat's Last Theorem, Pythagorean Triples, and the ever-elusive Riemann Hypothesis. Mathematicians are still devising techniques for teasing out these mysterious patterns, and their uses are limited only by the imagination. The first popular book to address representation t...
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2006Uitgever: Princeton University Press272 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0691124922ISBN-13: 9780691124926Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original gilt lettered boards, illustrated with numerous equations, graphs and diagrams, 8vo. [Auteur: Ash, Avner & Robert Gross] [Pagina's: 272] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Princeton University Press] [Jaar: 2006] [Titel: Fearless Symmetry: Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers]
