50 maths ideas you really need to know
Crilly, A. J.2016
eBook
Abstract: In 50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand and shape the world around us.
Main title:
50 maths ideas you really need to know / Tony Crilly.
Author:
Crilly, A. J., authorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
London [England] : Quercus, [2014]Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016.
Collation:
1 online resource (54 entries) : 127 images ; digital files.
Notes:
Originally published as 50 mathematical ideas you really need to know, 2007.Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: 208 pages : illustrations
Contents:
Zero -- Number systems -- Fractions -- Squares and square roots -- pi -- e -- Infinity -- Imaginary numbers -- Primes -- Perfect numbers -- Fibonacci numbers -- Golden rectangles -- Pascal's triangle -- Algebra -- Euclid's algorithm -- Logic -- Proof -- Sets -- Calculus -- Constructions -- Triangles -- Curves -- Topology -- Dimension -- Fractals -- Chaos -- The parallel postulate -- Discrete geometry -- Graphs -- The four-colour problem -- Probability -- Baye's theory -- The birthday problem -- Distributions -- The normal curve -- Connecting data -- Genetics -- Groups -- Matrices -- Codes -- Advanced counting -- Magic squares -- Latin squares -- Money mathematics -- The diet problem -- The travelling salesperson -- Game theory -- Relativity -- Fermat's last theorem -- The Riemann hypothesis.
Access restrictions:
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781785397288 (electronic version)1848667051 (hardback)9781848667051 (hardback)
Dewey class:
510
LC class:
QA93
Language:
English
Added title:
Related title:
50 ideas you really need to know
BRN:
501930
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