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Mathematics Is Not a Spectator Sport

George Phillips (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2005 | 2005 ed.
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-25528-6 (ISBN)

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Compared to other popular math books, there is more algebraic manipulation, and more applications of algebra in number theory and geometry

Presents an exciting variety of topics to motivate beginning students

May be used as an introductory course or as background reading

George Phillips is Professor of Mathematics at St. Andrews University, Scotland. He is the author of two previous books also published by Springer, Two Millenia of Mathematics (2000), and Interpolation and Approximation by Polynomials (2003).

Squares.- Numbers, Numbers Everywhere.- Fibonacci Numbers.- Prime Numbers.- Choice and Chance.- Geometrical Constructions.- The Algebra of Group.

Zusatzinfo	32 Tables, black and white; 68 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 240 p. 68 illus.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 235 mm
Gewicht	1210 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	0-387-25528-1 / 0387255281
ISBN-13	978-0-387-25528-6 / 9780387255286
Zustand	Neuware