50 Mathematical Ideas

"Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? And can a butterfly's wings really cause a storm on the far side of the world? In 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: A J Crilly
Format: Printed Book
Published: London Quercus 2007
Subjects:
Mathematics > Popular works. Mathematics.
Table of Contents:
  • Zero
  • Number systems
  • Fractions
  • Squares and square roots
  • [Greek symbol for pi]
  • e
  • Infinity
  • Imaginary numbers
  • Primes
  • Perfect numbers
  • Fibonacci numbers
  • Golden rectangles
  • Pascal's triangle
  • Algebra
  • Euclid's algorithm
  • Logic
  • Proof
  • Sets
  • Calculus
  • Constructions
  • Triangles
  • Curves
  • Topology
  • Dimension
  • Fractals
  • Chaos
  • The parallel postulate
  • Discrete geometry
  • Graphs
  • The four-colour problem
  • Probability
  • Baye's theory
  • The birthday problem
  • Distributions
  • The normal curve
  • Connecting data
  • Genetics
  • Groups
  • Matrices
  • Codes
  • Advanced counting
  • Magic squares
  • Latin squares
  • Money mathematics
  • The diet problem
  • The travelling salesperson
  • Game theory
  • Relativity
  • Fermat's last theorem
  • The Riemann hypothesis.

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