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Imaginary Tale : the story of [the square root of minus one]

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Princeton science libraryPublication details: Princeton Princeton University Press 1998Description: xvi, 257p. illISBN:
  • 0691027951 (HB)
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Contents:
CHAPTER ONE The Puzzles of Imaginary Numbers CHAPTER TWO. A First Try at Understanding the Geometry of √-1 CHAPTER THREE. The Puzzles Start to Clear CHAPTER FOUR. Using Complex Numbers CHAPTER FIVE. More Uses of Complex Numbers CHAPTER SIX. Wizard Mathematics CHAPTER SEVEN. The Nineteenth Century, Cauchy, and the Beginning of Complex Function Theory
Summary: In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i, re-creating the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up and the colorful characters who tried to solve them. Addressing readers with both a general and scholarly interest in mathematics, Nahin weaves into this narrative entertaining historical facts, mathematical discussions, and the application of complex numbers and functions to important problems.
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Includes index

CHAPTER ONE The Puzzles of Imaginary Numbers CHAPTER TWO. A First Try at Understanding the Geometry of √-1 CHAPTER THREE. The Puzzles Start to Clear CHAPTER FOUR. Using Complex Numbers CHAPTER FIVE. More Uses of Complex Numbers CHAPTER SIX. Wizard Mathematics CHAPTER SEVEN. The Nineteenth Century, Cauchy, and the Beginning of Complex Function Theory

In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i, re-creating the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up and the colorful characters who tried to solve them. Addressing readers with both a general and scholarly interest in mathematics, Nahin weaves into this narrative entertaining historical facts, mathematical discussions, and the application of complex numbers and functions to important problems.

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