An Imaginary Tale: The Story of the Square Root of Minus One
(Sprache: Englisch)
In "An Imaginary Tale", Paul J. Nahin tells the 2,000-year-old history of one of mathematics most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, re-creating the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up and the colorful characters who tried to solve them. 47 line illustrations.1 halftone.
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In "An Imaginary Tale", Paul J. Nahin tells the 2,000-year-old history of one of mathematics most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, re-creating the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up and the colorful characters who tried to solve them. 47 line illustrations.1 halftone.
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<TABLE> <TR> <TD> <TD> List of Illustrations <TR> <TD> Ch. 1 <TD> The Puzzles of Imaginary Numbers <TR> <TD> Ch. 2 <TD> A First Try at Understanding the Geometry of [the square root of] -1 <TR> <TD> Ch. 3 <TD> The Puzzles Start to Clear <TR> <TD> Ch. 4 <TD> Using Complex Numbers <TR> <TD> Ch. 5 <TD> More Uses of Complex Numbers <TR> <TD> Ch. 6 <TD> Wizard Mathematics <TR> <TD> Ch. 7 <TD> The Nineteenth Century, Cauchy, and the Beginning of Complex Function Theory <TR> <TD> App. A <TD> The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra <TR> <TD> App. B <TD> The Complex Roots of a Transcendental Equation <TR> <TD> App. C <TD> ([the square root of] -1)[superscript [square root of] -1] to 135 Decimal Places, and How It Was Computed <TR> <TD> <TD> Notes <TR> <TD> <TD> Name Index <TR> <TD> <TD> Subject Index <TR> <TD> <TD> Acknowledgments
Autoren-Porträt von Paul J. Nahin
Paul J. Nahin is the author of many best-selling popular math books, including "Digital Dice, Chases and Escapes, Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula, When Least Is Best, Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers," and "Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt" (all Princeton). He is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Paul J. Nahin
- 2007, 267 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 21,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: PRINCETON UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0691127980
- ISBN-13: 9780691127989
Sprache:
Englisch
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