Mathematics — The Music of Reason

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Springer Science & Business Media, 11 nov. 2013 - 287 sidor

This book is of interest for students of mathematics or of neighboring subjects like physics, engineering, computer science, and also for people who have at least school level mathematics and have kept some interest in it. Also good for younger readers just reaching their final school year of mathematics.

 

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A Mathematicians Life
8
Masters and Schools
14
The Utilitarian Attacks
25
Calculation of Ratios in Euclids Book V
64
Applications of Elementary Algorithms of
72
Some Problems of Classical Mathematics
77
Appendix
91
Bernoulli Numbers and the Zeta Function
98
Additional Remarks on Rings and Fields
174
Examples of Distances
184
Fourier Series
192
Problems and PseudoProblems about Foundations
203
Paradoxes and their Consequences
222
The Rise of Mathematical Logic
228
The Concept of Rigorous Proof
235
Models of the Real Numbers
245

E Displacements and Affinities
118
The Language of Sets and General Structures
133
Isomorphisms and Classifications
146
Appendix
167

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