Is mathematics inevitable? : a miscellany / edited by Underwood Dudley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Klosinski, Leonard F.

Dudley, Underwood.

Series:

MAA spectrum

Spectrum, 2638-9045 ; v. 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Miscellanea.

Mathematics.

Mathematics--Humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 325 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 2008.

System Details:

Mode of access : World Wide Web

Contents:

Dieudonné on Mathematics Why Is Mathematics? Is Mathematics Inevitable? A Defense of Quadratic Equations Obtuse Triangles A Small Paradox Applied Mathematics The Law of Small Numbers The Parallel Postulate Arithmetic in the United States The Moore Method Early Calculus Problems A Tangled Tale A Brief Life Cardano Boole and Finite Differences Calculating Prodigies James Smith, Circle-Squarer Legislating $\pi $ Mathematics and Music Mathematics Books Irrational Square Roots The Euler-Diderot Anecdote Mathematics Made Difficult Mathematical Humor

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Alexanderson, Gerald L. On the value of mathematics (books)

Altshiller-Court, Nathan, 1881- Mathematics in fun and in earnest.

Aubry, John. Brief lives.

Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576. De propria vita. English

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Tangled tale.

Cohen, Patricia Cline. Calculating people.

Dieudonné, Jean, 1906-1992. Mathematics and mathematicians.

Gallian, Joseph A. Assigning driver's license numbers.

Gillings, Richard J. So-called Euler-Diderot incident.

Guy, Richard K. Strong law of small numbers.

Guy, Richard K. There are three times as many obtuse-angled triangles as there are acute-angled ones.

Hallerberg, Arthur E. (Arthur Edward), 1918-1978. Indiana's squared circle.

Halmos, Paul R. (Paul Richard), 1916-2006. I want to be a mathematician.

Hemenway, David, 1945- Why your classes are larger than "average".

Kline, Morris, 1908- Mathematics and the physical world.

Linderholm, Carl E. Mathematics made difficult.

McCabe, Robert L. Theodorus' irrationality proofs.

Rothstein, Edward, 1952- Emblems of mind.

Sholander, Marlow. On the set of legs of a horse.

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944. On the origin of certain typical problems.

Smith, James, 1805-1872. Quadrature of the circle.

Smith, Steven Bradley. Great mental calculators.

Synge, J. L. (John Lighton), 1897- George Boole and the calculus of finite differences.

Trudeau, Richard J. Problem with postulate 5.

Ying, Wong Ngai. Why is a restaurant's business worse in the owner's eyes than in the customers'?

Quadratic equations.

Other Format:

Print version: Is mathematics inevitable? :

ISBN:

9781470458621 (online)

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Restricted for use by site license.