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  • Leonhard Euler

    Life, Work and Legacy

    Edited by Robert E. Bradley, Ed Sandifer ...
    Series Book 5 - Studies in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics
    The year 2007 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the Enlightenment's most important mathematicians and scientists, Leonhard Euler. This volume is a collection of 24 essays by some of the world's best Eulerian scholars from seven different countries about Euler, his life and his work. Some of the essays are historical, including much previously unknown information about Euler's life ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

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  • Elliptic Tales

    Curves, Counting, and Number Theory

    by Avner Ash, Robert Gross ...
    A look at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in mathematics todayElliptic Tales describes the latest developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in contemporary mathematics—the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture. In this book, Avner Ash and Robert Gross guide readers through the mathematics they need to understand this captivating problem.The ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Golden Ticket

    P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible

    by Lance Fortnow ...
    The P-NP problem is the most important open problem in computer science, if not all of mathematics. The Golden Ticket provides a nontechnical introduction to P-NP, its rich history, and its algorithmic implications for everything we do with computers and beyond. In this informative and entertaining book, Lance Fortnow traces how the problem arose during the Cold War on both sides of the Iron ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Mathematics

    "A True Definition of Mathematics"

    by Auguste Comte ...
    In The philosophy of mathematics, mathematics employee classification efforts to understand the philosophy is the branch. The main question is related to the source of the object that is the subject of mathematics and mathematics. In particular examine the characteris-tics of a true proposition: What are the sources of mathematical subject matter? What is about the meaning of a mathematical object ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Calculus Story

    A Mathematical Adventure

    by David Acheson ...
    Calculus is the key to much of modern science and engineering. It is the mathematical method for the analysis of things that change, and since in the natural world we are surrounded by change, the development of calculus was a huge breakthrough in the history of mathematics. But it is also something of a mathematical adventure, largely because of the way infinity enters at virtually every twist ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Set Theory

    With an Introduction to Real Point Sets

    by Abhijit Dasgupta ...
    What is a number? What is infinity? What is continuity? What is order? Answers to these fundamental questions obtained by late nineteenth-century mathematicians such as Dedekind and Cantor gave birth to set theory. This textbook presents classical set theory in an intuitive but concrete manner.To allow flexibility of topic selection in courses, the book is organized into four relatively ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Maths Hacks

    by Richard Cochrane ...
    Series series Hacks
    Everything you need to know about 100 key mathematical concepts condensed into easy-to-understand sound bites designed to stick in your memory and give you an instant grasp of the concept.On each topic, you'll start with a helicopter overview of the subject, which will give you an introduction to the idea and some context surrounding it. Next, you'll zoom in on the core elements of the theory, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level

    An ICMI Study

    Edited by Derek Holton ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book is the final report of the ICMI study on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level. As such it is one of a number of such studies that ICMI has commissioned. The other Study Volumes cover assessment in mathematics education, gender equity, research in mathematics education, the teaching of geometry, and history in mathematics education. All ofthese Study Volumes ... Read more

    $215.09 USD

  • Model Theory in Algebra, Analysis and Arithmetic

    Cetraro, Italy 2012, Editors: H. Dugald Macpherson, Carlo Toffalori

    by Lou van den Dries, Jochen Koenigsmann, H. Dugald Macpherson, Anand Pillay, Carlo Toffalori, Alex J. Wilkie ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Presenting recent developments and applications, the book focuses on four main topics in current model theory: 1) the model theory of valued fields; 2) undecidability in arithmetic; 3) NIP theories; and 4) the model theory of real and complex exponentiation. Young researchers in model theory will particularly benefit from the book, as will more senior researchers in other branches of mathematics. ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Non-commutative Multiple-Valued Logic Algebras

    by Lavinia Corina Ciungu ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This monograph provides a self-contained and easy-to-read introduction to non-commutative multiple-valued logic algebras; a subject which has attracted much interest in the past few years because of its impact on information science, artificial intelligence and other subjects.A study of the newest results in the field, the monograph includes treatment of pseudo-BCK algebras, pseudo-hoops, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Numerical Methods for Roots of Polynomials - Part I

    by J.M. McNamee ...
    Series Book 14 - Studies in Computational Mathematics
    Numerical Methods for Roots of Polynomials - Part I (along with volume 2 covers most of the traditional methods for polynomial root-finding such as Newton's, as well as numerous variations on them invented in the last few decades. Perhaps more importantly it covers recent developments such as Vincent's method, simultaneous iterations, and matrix methods. There is an extensive chapter on evaluation ... Read more

    $175.49 USD

  • Number Theory

    An Introduction via the Density of Primes

    by Benjamin Fine, Gerhard Rosenberger ...
    Now in its second edition, this textbook provides an introduction and overview of number theory based on the density and properties of the prime numbers. This unique approach offers both a firm background in the standard material of number theory, as well as an overview of the entire discipline. All of the essential topics are covered, such as the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, theory of ... Read more

    $71.99 USD