The irrationals
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Havil tells the story of irrational numbers & the mathematicians who have tackled their challenges, from antiquity to the 21st century. He explains why irrational numbers are surprisingly difficult to define and why so many questions still surround them.
Main title:
The irrationals / by Julian Havill
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Imprint:
Princeton NJ Princeton University Press
Collation:
298 pages
Notes:
Cover title: The irrationals : a story of the numbers you can't count on
Contents:
Greek beginnings -- The route to Germany -- Two new irrationals -- Irrationals, old and new -- A very special irrational -- From rational to the transcendental -- Transcendentals -- Continued fractions revisited -- The question and problem of randomness -- One question, three answers -- Does irrationality matter?
ISBN:
9780691163536 (paperback)
Dewey class:
512.73 IRR
Local class:
512.73
Language:
English
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BRN:
77246
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