Prelude to Mathematics

W. W. Sawyer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2011
Dover Publications Inc. (Verlag)
9780486244013 (ISBN)

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This lively, stimulating account of non-Euclidean geometry by a noted mathematician covers matrices, determinants, group theory, and many other related topics, with an emphasis on the subject's novel, striking aspects. 1955 edition.

A noted educator's account of some of the more stimulating and surprising branches of mathematics, this volume profiles the mathematical mind and the aims of mathematics. Five introductory chapters offer conceptual groundwork, and subsequent chapters present lucid, accessible explorations of non-Euclidean geometry, matrices, determinants, group theory, and related topics. 1955 edition.

1. On Beauty and Power
2. What are the Qualities of a Mathematician?
3. Pattern in Elementary Mathematics
4. Generalization in Elementary Mathematics
5. On Unification
6. Geometries other than Euclid's
7. Algebra without Arithmetic
8. Matrix Alegbra
9. Determinants
10. Projective Geometry
11. On Apparent Impossibilities
12. On Transformations
13. Finite Arithmetics and Geometries
14. On Groups

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.4.2011
Sprache	englisch
Maße	136 x 215 mm
Gewicht	235 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
ISBN-13	9780486244013 / 9780486244013
Zustand	Neuware