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Good math : a geek's guide to the beauty of numbers, logic, and computation / Mark C. Chu-Carroll.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chu-Carroll, Mark C., author.
- Series:
- Pragmatic programmers.
- Pragmatic Programmers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics.
- Logic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Other Title:
- A geek's guide to the beauty of numbers, logic, and computation
- Place of Publication:
- Dallas, Texas ; Raleigh, North Carolina : The Pragmatic Bookself, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Mathematics is beautiful--and it can be fun and exciting as well as practical. Good Math is your guide to some of the most intriguing topics from two thousand years of mathematics: from Egyptian fractions to Turing machines; from the real meaning of numbers to proof trees, group symmetry, and mechanical computation. If you've ever wondered what lay beyond the proofs you struggled to complete in high school geometry, or what limits the capabilities of computer on your desk, this is the book for you.
- Contents:
- Numbers. Natural numbers
- Integers
- Real numbers
- Irrational and transcendental numbers
- Funny numbers. Zero
- e : the unnatural natural number
- [Phi] : the golden ratio
- i : the imaginary number
- Writing numbers. Roman numerals
- Egyptian fractions
- Continued fractions
- Logic. Mr. Spock is not logical
- Proofs, truth, and trees : oh my!
- Programming with logic
- Temporal reasoning
- Sets. Cantor's diagonalization : infinity isn't just infinity
- Axiomatic set theory : keep the good, dump the bad
- Models : using sets as the LEGOs of the math world
- Transfinite numbers : counting and ordering infinite sets
- Group theory : finding symmetries with sets
- Mechanical math. Finite state machines : simplicity goes far
- The turing machine
- Pathology and the heart of computing
- Calculus : no, not that calculus- [lambda] calculus
- Numbers, booleans, and recursion
- Types, types, types : modeling [lambda] calculus
- The halting problem.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781941222546
- 1941222544
- 9781680503609
- 168050360X
- 9781680503616
- 1680503618
- 9781937785338
- 1937785335
- OCLC:
- 893098238
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