A Mathematical Tour
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A Mathematical Tour

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eBook - ePub

A Mathematical Tour

About this book

A Mathematical Tour introduces readers to a selection of mathematical topics chosen for their centrality, importance, historical significance, and intrinsic appeal and beauty. The book is written to be accessible and interesting to readers with a good grounding in high school level mathematics and a keen sense of intellectual curiosity. Each chapter includes a short history of the topic, statements and discussion of important results, illustrations, user-friendly exercises, and suggestions for further reading. This book is intended to be read for pleasure but could also be used for a Topics course in Mathematics or as a supplementary text in a History of Mathematics course.

Features

  • contains a selection of accessible mathematical topics
  • exercises that elucidate, and sometimes enlarge on, the topics
  • suitable for readers with knowledge of high school mathematics

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Information

Publisher
A K Peters/CRC Press
Year
2025
Topic
Mathematics
eBook ISBN
9781040338469
Subtopic
Algebra
Index
Mathematics

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: A Roadmap
  9. Chapter 1 ■ Geometry
  10. Chapter 2 ■ Number Theory
  11. Chapter 3 ■ Medieval and Renaissance Mathematics
  12. Chapter 4 ■ Algebra
  13. Chapter 5 ■ Calculus
  14. Chapter 6 ■ Complex Variables
  15. Chapter 7 ■ Graph Theory
  16. Chapter 8 ■ Probability
  17. Chapter 9 ■ Countability and Computability
  18. Solutions to Starred Exercises
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index

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