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Requiring only familiarity with the multiplication table (and that for only one vignette), the book makes accessible a variety of mathematical concepts, such as game theory, chaos, and traffic flow modelling. The author accomplishes this with a light, engaging style, and a range of real-world examples that includes everything from barbershops to President James Garfield.
Mathematicians Don't Work With Numbers will be of interest to the large audience of people who have always assumed that mathematicians do, in fact, work with numbers.
Requiring only familiarity with the multiplication table (and that for only one vignette), the book makes accessible a variety of mathematical concepts, such as game theory, chaos, and traffic flow modelling. The author accomplishes this with a light, engaging style, and a range of real-world examples that includes everything from barbershops to President James Garfield.
Mathematicians Don't Work With Numbers will be of interest to the large audience of people who have always assumed that mathematicians do, in fact, work with numbers.
Richard Poulo considers himself a mathematician first and foremost, though his PhD is in Computer Science from Rutgers University, after receiving a degree in mathematics from Cornell. Poulo spent his career in industry, developing mathematical and engineering software.
Introduction.- A Citizen's Dilemma.- The Structure of Mathematics.- A Danger Scale.- Public Key Encryption I.- Public Key Encryption II.- Fractals.- Graphs.- Military Math.- Statistics - A Rant.- Estimation.- Ramanujan.- Hardy.- It's Obvious.- Chaos.- Recognition.- Map Coloring.- Groups.- Topology I.- Topology II.- Non-existence Proofs.- Existence Proofs.- Can't Be Computed.- Can't Be Proved.- Games.- The Greatest Three.- Sets.- Infinity.- The Largest Hotel Ever.- Tied Up in Knots.- Probably.- Rush Hour Traffic.- Fermat and His Last Theorem.- A Million Bucks.- Russia vs. America.- Cardano, Viète and Notation.- President James Garfield.- Error-Correcting Codes.- Mercator Maps.- Ball and Saddle Geometries.- The Spherical Earth.- Consistency.- Can Be Proved.- Cycloids.- C******* of Variations.- Amazing Waves.- How to Push a Pendulum.- Surprising Theorems.- Mathematical Aesthetics.- Katherine Johnson's Math.- My Career as a Mathematician.- Afterword.- Further Reading.- Movies About Real Mathematicians.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Technik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: |
xv
195 S. 76 s/w Illustr. 1 farbige Illustr. 195 p. 77 illus. 1 illus. in color. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783031589157 |
| ISBN-10: | 3031589157 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Poulo, Richard |
| Hersteller: |
Springer Nature Switzerland
Springer International Publishing |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-14197 Berlin, juergen.hartmann@springer.com |
| Maße: | 203 x 127 x 12 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Richard Poulo |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.06.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,233 kg |
Richard Poulo considers himself a mathematician first and foremost, though his PhD is in Computer Science from Rutgers University, after receiving a degree in mathematics from Cornell. Poulo spent his career in industry, developing mathematical and engineering software.
Introduction.- A Citizen's Dilemma.- The Structure of Mathematics.- A Danger Scale.- Public Key Encryption I.- Public Key Encryption II.- Fractals.- Graphs.- Military Math.- Statistics - A Rant.- Estimation.- Ramanujan.- Hardy.- It's Obvious.- Chaos.- Recognition.- Map Coloring.- Groups.- Topology I.- Topology II.- Non-existence Proofs.- Existence Proofs.- Can't Be Computed.- Can't Be Proved.- Games.- The Greatest Three.- Sets.- Infinity.- The Largest Hotel Ever.- Tied Up in Knots.- Probably.- Rush Hour Traffic.- Fermat and His Last Theorem.- A Million Bucks.- Russia vs. America.- Cardano, Viète and Notation.- President James Garfield.- Error-Correcting Codes.- Mercator Maps.- Ball and Saddle Geometries.- The Spherical Earth.- Consistency.- Can Be Proved.- Cycloids.- C******* of Variations.- Amazing Waves.- How to Push a Pendulum.- Surprising Theorems.- Mathematical Aesthetics.- Katherine Johnson's Math.- My Career as a Mathematician.- Afterword.- Further Reading.- Movies About Real Mathematicians.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Technik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: |
xv
195 S. 76 s/w Illustr. 1 farbige Illustr. 195 p. 77 illus. 1 illus. in color. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783031589157 |
| ISBN-10: | 3031589157 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Poulo, Richard |
| Hersteller: |
Springer Nature Switzerland
Springer International Publishing |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-14197 Berlin, juergen.hartmann@springer.com |
| Maße: | 203 x 127 x 12 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Richard Poulo |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.06.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,233 kg |
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