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  • The Logic of Infinity

    by Barnaby Sheppard ...
    Few mathematical results capture the imagination like Georg Cantor's groundbreaking work on infinity in the late nineteenth century. This opened the door to an intricate axiomatic theory of sets which was born in the decades that followed. Written for the motivated novice, this book provides an overview of key ideas in set theory, bridging the gap between technical accounts of mathematical ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

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  • Introducing Infinity

    A Graphic Guide

    by Brian Clegg ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers – and provoked and shocked others.The ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. And a German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers.Brian Clegg and Oliver ... Read more

    $5.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Basic Category Theory

    by Tom Leinster ...
    Series Book 143 - Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics
    At the heart of this short introduction to category theory is the idea of a universal property, important throughout mathematics. After an introductory chapter giving the basic definitions, separate chapters explain three ways of expressing universal properties: via adjoint functors, representable functors, and limits. A final chapter ties all three together. The book is suitable for use in ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • The philosophy of mathematics

    by Auguste Comte ...
    The pleasure and profit which the translator has received from the great work here presented, have induced him to lay it before his fellow-teachers and students of Mathematics in a more accessible form than that in which it has hitherto appeared. The want of a comprehensive map of the wide region of mathematical science—a bird's-eye view of its leading features, and of the true bearings and ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Single Digits

    In Praise of Small Numbers

    by Marc Chamberland ...
    The remarkable properties of the numbers one through nineIn Single Digits, Marc Chamberland takes readers on a fascinating exploration of small numbers, from one to nine, looking at their history, applications, and connections to various areas of mathematics, including number theory, geometry, chaos theory, numerical analysis, and mathematical physics. For instance, why do eight perfect card ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Godel's Mistake

    The Role of Meaning in Mathematics

    by Ashish Dalela ...
    Gödel's incompleteness theorem is a foundational result in mathematics that proves that any axiomatic theory of numbers will be either inconsistent or incomplete. Turing’s Halting problem is a foundational result in computing proving that computers cannot know if a program will halt. Gödel’s Mistake connects these theorems to the question of meaning. The book shows that the proofs arise due to ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Set Theory

    A First Course

    by Daniel W. Cunningham ...
    Series series Cambridge Mathematical Textbooks
    Set theory is a rich and beautiful subject whose fundamental concepts permeate virtually every branch of mathematics. One could say that set theory is a unifying theory for mathematics, since nearly all mathematical concepts and results can be formalized within set theory. This textbook is meant for an upper undergraduate course in set theory. In this text, the fundamentals of abstract sets, ... Read more

    $59.09 USD

  • One Hundred Prisoners and a Light Bulb

    by Hans van Ditmarsch, Barteld Kooi ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    A group of 100 prisoners, all together in the prison dining area, are told that they will be all put in isolation cells and then will be interrogated one by one in a room containing a light with an on/off switch. The prisoners may communicate with one another by toggling the light switch (and that is the only way in which they can communicate). The light is initially switched off. There is no ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Appalachian Set Theory

    2006–2012

    Edited by James Cummings, Ernest Schimmerling ...
    Series Book 406 - London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series
    This volume takes its name from a popular series of intensive mathematics workshops hosted at institutions in Appalachia and surrounding areas. At these meetings, internationally prominent set theorists give one-day lectures that focus on important new directions, methods, tools and results so that non-experts can begin to master these and incorporate them into their own research. Each chapter in ... Read more

    $74.69 USD

  • A Logical Introduction to Proof

    by Daniel W. Cunningham ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    The book is intended for students who want to learn how to prove theorems and be better prepared for the rigors required in more advance mathematics. One of the key components in this textbook is the development of a methodology to lay bare the structure underpinning the construction of a proof, much as diagramming a sentence lays bare its grammatical structure. Diagramming a proof is a way of ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Mind-Blowing Math

    Mysteries Revealed

    by Nansea Cross ...
    Nansea Cross, a math teacher and tutor, shares discoveries that make math easier to teach and more exciting to learn. Beginning with the multiplication table, she found that all the multiples of all the numberstaken through a simple processreveal different patterns. Looking deeper, she realized that these patterns repeat, have symmetry, and all add up to the same reduced number. The patterns occur ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Benford's Law

    Theory and Applications

    Edited by Steven J. Miller ...
    Benford's law states that the leading digits of many data sets are not uniformly distributed from one through nine, but rather exhibit a profound bias. This bias is evident in everything from electricity bills and street addresses to stock prices, population numbers, mortality rates, and the lengths of rivers. Here, Steven Miller brings together many of the world’s leading experts on Benford’s law ... Read more

    $66.99 USD