1st Edition
Excursions into Mathematics The Millennium Edition
526 Pages
by
A K Peters/CRC Press
528 Pages
by
A K Peters/CRC Press
526 Pages
by
A K Peters/CRC Press
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Since it was first published three decades ago, Excursions Into Mathematics has been one of the most popular mathematical books written for a general audience. Taking the reader for short "excursions" into several specific disciplines of mathematics, it makes mathematical concepts accessible to a wide audience. The Millennium Edition is updated with current research and new solutions to... Read more
CHAPTER 1 EULER’S FORMULA FOR POLYHEDRA, AND RELATED TOPICS, , CHAPTER 2 THE SEARCH FOR PERFECT NUMBERS, CHAPTER 3 WHAT IS AREA?, CHAPTER 4 SOME EXOTIC GEOMETRIES, CHAPTER 5 GAMES, CHAPTER 6 WHAT’S IN A NAME?, SYMBOLS
Biography
Antole Beck, Michael N Bleicher, Donald W Crowe
"It is a cross between providing mathematical challenge and a cultural placement of some famous problems. I hope it will persuade non-mathematicians that mathematics is worthwhile, and provide mathematicians with some background to the personalities and history of the main stream, and, equally as important, to the quiet little-visited back-waters of their subject." -Tony Crilly, The Mathematical Gazette , March 2002
