Icons of Mathematics : an Exploration of Twenty Key Images /
"Icons of mathematics are certain geometric diagrams that play a crucial role in visualizing mathematical proofs, and in the book the authors present 20 of them and explore the mathematics that lies within and that can be created. The authors devote a chapter to each icon, illustrating its pres...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2011
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| Series: | Dolciani mathematical expositions.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "Icons of mathematics are certain geometric diagrams that play a crucial role in visualizing mathematical proofs, and in the book the authors present 20 of them and explore the mathematics that lies within and that can be created. The authors devote a chapter to each icon, illustrating its presence in real life, its primary mathematical characteristics and how it plays a central role in visual proofs of a wide range of mathematical facts. Among these are classical results from plane geometry, properties of the integers, means and inequalities, trigonometric identities, theorems from calculus, and puzzles from recreational mathematics."--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Jan 2012). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-319) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780883859865 0883859866 |
