Format:
Online-Ressource (416 p.)
ISBN:
9780691150376
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1283058014
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9781283058018
Content:
I used to think math was no fun 'Cause I couldn't see how it was done Now Euler's my hero For I now see why zero Equals e[pi] i+1 --Paul Nahin, electrical engineer In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex that it continues to inspire research, discussion, and even the occasional limerick. Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula shares the fascinating story of this groundbreaking formula--long regarded as the gold standard for mathematical beauty--and shows why it still lies at the heart of complex number theory. This book is
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; What This Book Is About, What You Need to Know to Read It, and WHY You Should Read It; Preface: "When Did Math Become Sexy?"; Introduction; Chapter 1. Complex Numbers (an assortment of essays beyond the elementary involving complex numbers); Chapter 2.Vector Trips (some complex plane problems in which direction matters); Chapter 3. The Irrationality of p[sup(2)] ("higher" math at the sophomore level); Chapter 4. Fourier Series (named after Fourier but Euler was there first-but he was, alas, partially WRONG!)
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Chapter 5. Fourier Integrals (what happens as the period of a periodic function becomes infinite, and other neat stuff)Chapter 6. Electronics and (omitted) (technological applications of complex numbers that Euler, who was a practical fellow himself, would have loved); Euler: The Man and the Mathematical Physicist; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400838479
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1283057662
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691118222
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula Cures Many Mathematical Ills (New in Paper)
Language:
English
Keywords:
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