Mathematical Expeditions: Chronicles by the ExplorersSpringer Science & Business Media, 1. des. 2013 - 278 sider This book contains the stories of five mathematical journeys into new realms, told through the writings of the explorers themselves. Some were guided by mere curiosity and the thrill of adventure, while others had more practical motives. In each case the outcome was a vast expansion of the known mathematical world and the realization that still greater vistas remained to be explored. The authors tell these stories by guiding the reader through the very words of the mathematicians at the heart of these events, and thereby provide insight into the art of approaching mathematical problems. The book can be used in a variety of ways. The five chapters are completely independent, each with varying levels of mathematical sophistication. The book will be enticing to students, to instructors, and to the intellectually curious reader. By working through some of the original sources and supplemental exercises, which discuss and solve - or attempt to solve - a great problem, this book helps the reader discover the roots of modern problems, ideas, and concepts, even whole subjects. Students will also see the obstacles that earlier thinkers had to clear in order to make their respective contributions to five central themes in the evolution of mathematics. |
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Side vi
... Euclidean view of geometry and the physi- cal world . Begun out of a desire for mathematical elegance and completeness , this two - thousand - year quest led to a vast expansion of mathematics and fundamental applications to the theory ...
... Euclidean view of geometry and the physi- cal world . Begun out of a desire for mathematical elegance and completeness , this two - thousand - year quest led to a vast expansion of mathematics and fundamental applications to the theory ...
Side ix
... Euclidean Model for Non - Euclidean Geometry Set Theory : Taming the Infinite 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Bolzano's Paradoxes of the Infinite 2.3 Cantor's Infinite Numbers . 2.4 Zermelo's Axiomatization 3 Analysis : Calculating Areas and ...
... Euclidean Model for Non - Euclidean Geometry Set Theory : Taming the Infinite 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Bolzano's Paradoxes of the Infinite 2.3 Cantor's Infinite Numbers . 2.4 Zermelo's Axiomatization 3 Analysis : Calculating Areas and ...
Side 3
... Euclidean geometry , because they allow us to transport angles around , the central tool for proving even the most basic facts . Thus , given an angle with sides / and l ' , we want to draw the same angle with side l ' , through a point ...
... Euclidean geometry , because they allow us to transport angles around , the central tool for proving even the most basic facts . Thus , given an angle with sides / and l ' , we want to draw the same angle with side l ' , through a point ...
Side 4
... Euclidean geome- try is the Pythagorean Theorem , 2 perhaps the best - known mathematical result in the world . Babylonian civilizations knew and used it at least 1,000 years before Pythagoras , and from 800-600 B.C.E. the Sulbasutras ...
... Euclidean geome- try is the Pythagorean Theorem , 2 perhaps the best - known mathematical result in the world . Babylonian civilizations knew and used it at least 1,000 years before Pythagoras , and from 800-600 B.C.E. the Sulbasutras ...
Side 10
... And space was considered infinite , homogeneous , and the basis for all our experience . Nothing other than Euclidean geometry was thinkable . Another , more subtle , 10 1. Geometry : The Parallel Postulate Euclid's Parallel Postulate.
... And space was considered infinite , homogeneous , and the basis for all our experience . Nothing other than Euclidean geometry was thinkable . Another , more subtle , 10 1. Geometry : The Parallel Postulate Euclid's Parallel Postulate.
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Taming the Infinite | 54 |
3 | 69 |
Calculating Areas and Volumes | 89 |
1 | 95 |
4 | 123 |
5 | 129 |
7 | 150 |
Fermats Last Theorem | 156 |
The Search for an Elusive Formula | 204 |
References | 259 |
Credits | 269 |
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