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A Mathematical Picture Book - Georg Glaeser, Konrad Polthier

A Mathematical Picture Book

Online Resource
XII, 339 Seiten
2026 | 1st ed. 2024
Springer Berlin (Hersteller)
978-3-642-14648-0 (ISBN)
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How can one visualize a curve that fills the entire plane or all of space? Can a polyhedron be smoothly turned inside out? What is the projective plane? What does four-dimensional space look like? Can soap bubbles exist that are not spherical? How can one better understand the structure of vortices and currents? In this book you will experience mathematics from the visual point of view, discovering fascinating and never previously published images that offer illustrative examples to the above questions. Every picture is accompanied by a brief explanatory text, references to further reading, and a number of web links where you can obtain further information. This book is intended for all friends of mathematics—students, teachers, amateurs, and professionals—who want to see something beyond dry text and endless formulas. It will provide inspiration for pursuing further one or another topic that may previously have seemed inaccessible. You will get to know mathematics from a totally new and colorful viewpoint.

1. Polyhedral Models.- 2. Geometry in the Plane.- 3. Problems New and Old.- 4. Formulas and the Integers.- 5. Functions and Limits.- 6. Curves and Knots.- 7. Geometry and Topology of Surfaces.- 8. Minimal Surfaces and Soap Bubbles.- 9. Tilings and Packings.- 10. Space Forms and Dimension.- 11. Graphs and Incidence Geometry.- 12. Movable Forms.- 13. Fractals.- 14. Maps and Mappings.- 15. Forms and Processes in Nature and Technology.- Picture Credits.- Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.10.2026
Übersetzer David P Kramer
Zusatzinfo XII, 339 p. 1000 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik
Schlagworte entertainment mathematics • Geometry • Visualization
ISBN-10 3-642-14648-1 / 3642146481
ISBN-13 978-3-642-14648-0 / 9783642146480
Zustand Neuware
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