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Numbers and Geometry
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 510
EAN: 9780387982892
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0387982892
Label: Springer
Manufacturer: Springer
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 339
Publication Date: October 30, 1997
Publisher: Springer
Studio: Springer
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NUMBERS AND GEOMETRY is a beautiful and relatively elementary account of a part of mathematics where three main fields--algebra, analysis and geometry--meet. The aim of this book is to give a broad view of these subjects at the level of calculus, without being a calculus (or a pre-calculus) book. Its roots are in arithmetic and geometry, the two opposite poles of mathematics, and the source of historic conceptual conflict. The resolution of this conflict, and its role in the development of mathematics, is one of the main stories in the book. The key is algebra, which brings arithmetic and geometry together, and allows them to flourish and branch out in new directions. Stillwell has chosen an array of exciting and worthwhile topics and elegantly combines mathematical history with mathematics. He believes that most of mathematics is about numbers, curves and functions, and the links between these concepts can be suggested by a thorough study of simple examples, such as the circle and the square. This book covers the main ideas of Euclid--geometry, arithmetic and the theory of real numbers, but with 2000 years of extra insights attached. NUMBERS AND GEOMETRY presupposes only high school algebra and therefore can be read by any well prepared student entering university. Moreover, this book will be popular with graduate students and researchers in mathematics because it is such an attractive and unusual treatment of fundamental topics. Also, it will serve admirably in courses aimed at giving students from other areas a view of some of the basic ideas in mathematics. There is a set of well-written exercises at the end of each section, so new ideas can be instantly tested and reinforced.
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Rating: - A starting point for independent mathematical explorers
This is a book on elementary mathematics that treats its readers as curious human beings rather than intellectually spineless fools that must be drilled. There are excellent explanations of a lot of mathematics--some common, some unusual--and there are exercises that are actually interesting. Even more important, I believe, is that it opens so many doors for further reading, not least in areas that many undergraduates never get to see: classical geometry, classical number theory, foundations, non ... Read More
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