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Symmetry : a mathematical exploration / Kristopher Tapp.
Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics eBooks 2021 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tapp, Kristopher, 1971- author.
- Series:
- Texts for Quantitative Critical Thinking.
- Texts for Quantitative Critical Thinking
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symmetry (Mathematics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
- Summary:
- This textbook is perfect for a math course for non-math majors, with the goal of encouraging effective analytical thinking and exposing students to elegant mathematical ideas. It includes many topics commonly found in sampler courses, like Platonic solids, Euler's formula, irrational numbers, countable sets, permutations, and a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem. All of these topics serve a single compelling goal: understanding the mathematical patterns underlying the symmetry that we observe in the physical world around us. The exposition is engaging, precise and rigorous. The theorems are visually motivated with intuitive proofs appropriate for the intended audience. Students from all majors will enjoy the many beautiful topics herein, and will come to better appreciate the powerful cumulative nature of mathematics as these topics are woven together into a single fascinating story about the ways in which objects can be symmetric.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 3-030-51669-5
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