The book of numbers / John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy.
Editor: New York : Copernicus, c1996Descripción: ix, 310 p. : il. ; 25 cmISBN: 038797993XOtra clasificación: 00A08Contents Preface v 1 The Romance of Numbers [7] 2 Figures from Figures: Doing Arithmetic and Algebra by Geometry [27] 3 What Comes Next? [63] 4 Famous Families of Numbers [91] 5 The Primacy of Primes [127] 6 Further Fruitfulness of Fractions [151] 7 Geometric Problems and Algebraic Numbers [181] 8 Imagining Imaginary Numbers [211] 9 Some Transcendental Numbers [237] 10 Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers [265] Index [301]
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents --
Preface v --
1 The Romance of Numbers [7] --
2 Figures from Figures: Doing Arithmetic and Algebra by Geometry [27] --
3 What Comes Next? [63] --
4 Famous Families of Numbers [91] --
5 The Primacy of Primes [127] --
6 Further Fruitfulness of Fractions [151] --
7 Geometric Problems and Algebraic Numbers [181] --
8 Imagining Imaginary Numbers [211] --
9 Some Transcendental Numbers [237] --
10 Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers [265] --
Index [301] --
MR, 98g:00004
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