Number Theory category: 319 books
Understanding Numbers: Simplify life's mathematics. Decode the world around you.
20 thought-provoking lessons
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2019
**"Simple, clear explanations of twenty ways in which mathematics helps us to understand practical issues of everyday life. Suitable for teenagers and adults, and beautifully produced. Highly recommended!" **- Professor Ian Stewart, bestselling author of The Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
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Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2018
The second of three volumes devoted to the study of the trace formula, these proceedings focus on automorphic representations of higher rank groups. Based on research presented at the 2016 Simons Symposium on Geometric Aspects of the Trace Formula that took place in Schloss Elmau, Germany, the volume...
by Ruth Phelps
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
From antiquity, the strangest of systems attempting to reveal the universe has been that of numbers. This book goes back to the mystical meaning and inherent virtue of numbers. It discusses the Qabalistic writings contained in the Sepher Yezirah, and correlates the teachings of Pythagoras, Plato,...
A Concrete Approach to Abstract Algebra
From the Integers to the Insolvability of the Quintic
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2009
A Concrete Approach to Abstract Algebra presents a solid and highly accessible introduction to abstract algebra by providing details on the building blocks of abstract algebra.
It begins with a concrete and thorough examination of familiar objects such as integers, rational numbers, real numbers,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
The 'Arithmetic and Geometry' trimester, held at the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, focussed on recent work on Serre's conjecture and on rational points on algebraic varieties. The resulting proceedings volume provides a modern overview of the subject for graduate students in...
The Book of Nothing
Vacuums, Voids, and the Latest Ideas about the Origins of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2009
What conceptual blind spot kept the ancient Greeks (unlike the Indians and Maya) from developing a concept of zero? Why did St. Augustine equate nothingness with the Devil? What tortuous means did 17th-century scientists employ in their attempts to create a vacuum? And why do contemporary quantum...
Are Numbers Real?
The Uncanny Relationship of Mathematics and the Physical World
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them?
Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its...
Proofiness
How You're Being Fooled by the Numbers
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
The bestselling author of Zero shows how mathematical misinformation pervades-and shapes-our daily lives.
According to MSNBC, having a child makes you stupid. You actually lose IQ points. Good Morning America has announced that natural blondes will be extinct within two hundred years. Pundits...
Numerology for Baby Names
Use the Ancient Art of Numerology to Give Your Baby a Head Start in Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
What's in a name? In the fascinating terms of numerology--everything! Parents can now add a touch of magic to their search for the perfect, most meaningful name with this unique guide. Numerology asserts that all words, including our own names, have numeric equivalents which reveal fascinating information...
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by Jack Gerber
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The Holy Grail of mathematics revealed in a truly 17th-century numerical and geometrical proof as a letter by Fermat to a colleague. This will withstand all challenges.
Closing the Gap
The Quest to Understand Prime Numbers
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
In 2013, a little known mathematician in his late 50s stunned the mathematical community with a breakthrough on an age-old problem about prime numbers. Since then, there has been further dramatic progress on the problem, thanks to the efforts of a large-scale online collaborative effort of a type...
by Petr Beckmann
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
The history of pi, says the author, though a small part of the history of mathematics, is nevertheless a mirror of the history of man. Petr Beckmann holds up this mirror, giving the background of the times when pi made progress -- and also when it did not, because science was being stifled by militarism or religious fanaticism.
Fragments of Infinity
A Kaleidoscope of Math and Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
A visual journey to the intersection of math and imagination, guided by an award-winning author
Mathematics is right brain work, art left brain, right? Not so. This intriguing book shows how intertwined the disciplines are. Portraying the work of many contemporary artists in media from metals to glass...
My Search for Ramanujan
How I Learned to Count
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
"The son of a prominent Japanese mathematician who came to the United States after World War II, Ken Ono was raised on a diet of high expectations and little praise. Rebelling against his pressure-cooker of a life, Ken determined to drop out of high school to follow his own path. To obtain his...