Mathematical Treks: From Surreal Numbers to Magic Circles
Author: Ivars Peterson
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Published: 2020-08-03
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1470458519
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The Magic Numbers of the Professor
Author: Owen O'Shea
Publisher: MAA
Published: 2007-03-08
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780883855577
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Professor in Owen O'Shea's book is the imaginary American Richard Stein. As Owen O'Shea and the Professor travel through Ireland, O'Shea notes the Professor's collection of amazing magic numbers in fascinating detail. His mathematical curiosities are wide ranging, concerning the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania to coincidences about Apollo 11 to the first moon walk to new numerical curiosities. The new curiosities, among many others, center on Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy; the USA and Ireland; the two World Wars; the King James Version of the Bible, and James Joyce. The Number of the Beast, 666, is discussed as well, as are many new equations involving that famous number - all appearing here for the first time. And for those fascinated by games and gambling, a number of curious proposition bets involving dice, darts, and playing cards, and various mathematical puzzles are scattered throughout this singularly entertaining book.
Five Hundred Mathematical Challenges
Author: Edward J. Barbeau
Publisher: MAA
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780883855195
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contains 500 problems ranging over a wide spectrum of mathematics and of levels of difficulty.
Sophie’s Diary
Author: Dora Musielak
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Published: 2022-08-11
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 1470471566
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sophie Germain overcame gender stigmas and a lack of formal education to prove that for all prime exponents less than 100 Case I of Fermat's Last Theorem holds. Hidden behind a man's name, her brilliance as mathematician was first discovered by three of the greatest scholars of the eighteenth century, Lagrange, Gauss, and Legendre. In Sophie's Diary, Germain comes to life through a fictionalized journal that intertwines mathematics with historical descriptions of the brutal events that took place in Paris between 1789 and 1793. This format provides a plausible perspective of how a young Sophie could have learned mathematics on her own—both fascinated by numbers and eager to master tough subjects without a teacher's guidance. Her passion for mathematics is integrated into her personal life as an escape from societal outrage. Sophie's Diary is suitable for a variety of readers—both young and old, mathematicians and novices—who will be inspired and enlightened on a field of study made easy, as told through the intellectual and personal struggles of an exceptional young woman.
Mathematical Adventures for Students and Amateurs
Author: David F. Hayes
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Published: 2020-08-03
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1470457415
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History
Author: Marlow Anderson
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Published: 2022-04-26
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 1470470039
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covering a span of almost 4000 years, from the ancient Babylonians to the eighteenth century, this collection chronicles the enormous changes in mathematical thinking over this time as viewed by distinguished historians of mathematics from the past and the present. Each of the four sections of the book (Ancient Mathematics, Medieval and Renaissance Mathematics, The Seventeenth Century, The Eighteenth Century) is preceded by a Foreword, in which the articles are put into historical context, and followed by an Afterword, in which they are reviewed in the light of current historical scholarship. In more than one case, two articles on the same topic are included to show how knowledge and views about the topic changed over the years. This book will be enjoyed by anyone interested in mathematics and its history - and, in particular, by mathematics teachers at secondary, college, and university levels.
Who Gave You the Epsilon?
Author: Marlow Anderson
Publisher: MAA
Published: 2009-03-31
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780883855690
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book picks up the history of mathematics from where Sherlock Holmes in Babylon left it. The 40 articles of Who Gave You the Epsilon? continue the story of the development of mathematics into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The articles have all been published in the Mathematical Association of America journals and are in many cases written by distinguished mathematicians such as G. H. Hardy and B. van der Waerden. The articles are arranged thematically to show the development of analysis, geometry, algebra and number theory through this period of time. Each chapter is preceded by a foreword, giving the historical background and setting and the scene, and is followed by an afterword, reporting on advances in our historical knowledge and understanding since the articles first appeared. This book is ideal for anyone wanting to explore the history of mathematics.
Expeditions in Mathematics
Author: Tatiana Shubin
Publisher: MAA
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 0883855712
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is the second volume based on lectures for pre-college students given by prominent mathematicians in the Bay Area Mathematical Adventures (BAMA). This book reflects the flavor of the BAMA lectures and the excitement they have generated among the high school and middle school students in the Silicon Valley. The topics cover a wide range of mathematical subjects each treated by a leading proponent of the subject at levels designed to challenge and attract students whose mathematical interests are just beginning. In addition, the treatments given here will intrigue and enchant a more mature mathematician. It is hoped that the publication of these lectures will expose students outside of the San Francisco Bay Area to interesting mathematical topics and treatments outside of their normal experience in the classroom. Mathematical educators are encouraged to offer the students in their own localities similar opportunities to come into contact with exciting adventures in mathematics.
How Euler Did Even More
Author: C. Edward Sandifer
Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America
Published: 2014-11-19
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 0883855844
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sandifer has been studying Euler for decades and is one of the world’s leading experts on his work. This volume is the second collection of Sandifer’s “How Euler Did It” columns. Each is a jewel of historical and mathematical exposition. The sum total of years of work and study of the most prolific mathematician of history, this volume will leave you marveling at Euler’s clever inventiveness and Sandifer’s wonderful ability to explicate and put it all in context.
Proof and Other Dilemmas
Author: Bonnie Gold
Publisher: MAA
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780883855676
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sixteen original essays exploring recent developments in the philosophy of mathematics, written in a way mathematicians will understand.
