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More Fallacies Flaws Flimflam

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Author : Edward J. Barbeau
language : en
Publisher: MAA
Release Date : 2013-10-16

More Fallacies Flaws Flimflam written by Edward J. Barbeau and has been published by MAA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-16 with Mathematics categories.

More Fallacies, Flaws, and Flimflam is the second volume of selections drawn mostly from the College Mathematics Journal column “Fallacies, Flaws, and Flimflam” from 2000 through 2008. The MAA published the first collection, Mathematical Flaws, Fallacies, and Flimflam, in 2000. As in the first volume, More Fallacies, Flaws, and Flimflam contains items ranging from howlers (outlandish procedures that nonetheless lead to a correct answer) to deep or subtle errors often made by strong students. Although some are provided for entertainment, others challenge the reader to determine exactly where things go wrong. Items are sorted by subject matter. Elementary teachers will find chapter 1 of most use, while middle and high schoolteachers will find chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 applicable to their levels. College instructors can delve for material in every part of the book. There are frequent references to the College Mathematics Journal; these are denoted by CMJ.

Mathematical Fallacies Flaws And Flimflam

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Author : Edward J. Barbeau
language : en
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Release Date : 2000-12-31

Mathematical Fallacies Flaws And Flimflam written by Edward J. Barbeau and has been published by American Mathematical Soc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12-31 with Mathematics categories.

A collection of mathematical errors, drawn from the work of students, textbooks, and the media, as well as from professional mathematicians themselves.

More Fallacies Flaws And Flimflam

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Author : Edward Barbeau
language : en
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Release Date : 2013-01-01

More Fallacies Flaws And Flimflam written by Edward Barbeau and has been published by Mathematical Association of America (MAA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with MATHEMATICS categories.

Mistakes in mathematical reasoning, taken from a variety of sources, are exposed and analysed in this entertaining book.

How Euler Did Even More

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Author : C. Edward Sandifer
language : en
Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America
Release Date : 2014-11-19

How Euler Did Even More written by C. Edward Sandifer and has been published by The Mathematical Association of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-19 with Mathematics categories.

Sandifer has been studying Euler for decades and is one of the world’s leading experts on his work. This volume is the second collection of Sandifer’s “How Euler Did It” columns. Each is a jewel of historical and mathematical exposition. The sum total of years of work and study of the most prolific mathematician of history, this volume will leave you marveling at Euler’s clever inventiveness and Sandifer’s wonderful ability to explicate and put it all in context.

Phi Pi E And I

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Author : David Perkins
language : en
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Release Date : 2018-10-10

Phi Pi E And I written by David Perkins and has been published by American Mathematical Soc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-10 with Mathematics categories.

Certain constants occupy precise balancing points in the cosmos of number, like habitable planets sprinkled throughout our galaxy at just the right distances from their suns. This book introduces and connects four of these constants (φ,Π,e, and i), each of which has recently been the individual subject of historical and mathematical expositions. But here we discuss their properties, as a group, at a level appropriate for an audience armed only with the tools of elementary calculus. This material offers an excellent excuse to display the power of calculus to reveal elegant truths that are not often seen in college classes. These truths are described here via the work of such luminaries as Nilakantha, Liu Hui, Hemachandra, Khayyam, Newton, Wallis, and Euler.

The G H Hardy Reader

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Author : Donald J. Albers
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-11

The G H Hardy Reader written by Donald J. Albers and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-11 with Computers categories.

G. H. Hardy ranks among the greatest twentieth-century mathematicians. This book introduces this extraordinary individual and his writing.

I Mathematician

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Author : Peter Casazza
language : en
Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America
Release Date : 2015-03-10

I Mathematician written by Peter Casazza and has been published by The Mathematical Association of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with Mathematics categories.

Mathematicians have pondered the psychology of the members of our tribe probably since mathematics was invented, but for certain since Hadamard’s The Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field. The editors asked two dozen prominent mathematicians (and one spouse thereof) to ruminate on what makes us different. The answers they got are thoughtful, interesting and thought-provoking. Not all respondents addressed the question directly. Michael Atiyah reflects on the tension between truth and beauty in mathematics. T.W. Körner, Alan Schoenfeld and Hyman Bass chose to write, reflectively and thoughtfully, about teaching and learning. Others, including Ian Stewart and Jane Hawkins, write about the sociology of our community. Many of the contributions range into philosophy of mathematics and the nature of our thought processes. Any mathematician will find much of interest here.

Illustrated Special Relativity Through Its Paradoxes A Fusion Of Linear Algebra Graphics And Reality

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Author : John dePillis
language : en
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Release Date : 2013-12-31

Illustrated Special Relativity Through Its Paradoxes A Fusion Of Linear Algebra Graphics And Reality written by John dePillis and has been published by American Mathematical Soc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-31 with Mathematics categories.

"Assuming a minimum of technical expertise beyond basic matrix theory, the authors introduce inertial frames and Minkowski diagrams to explain the nature of simultaneity, why faster-than-light travel is impossible, and the proper way to add velocities. We resolve the twin paradox, the train-in-tunnel paradox, the pra-shooter paradox along with the lesser-known bug-rivet paradox that shows how rigidity is incompatible with special relativity. Since Einstein in his seminal 1905 paper introducing special relativity, acknowledged his debt to Clerk Maxwell, we fully develop Maxwell's four equations that unify the theories of electricity, optics, and magnetism. These equations also lead to a simple calculation for the frame independent speed of electromagnetic waves in a vacuum."--Cover.

Half A Century Of Pythagoras Magazine

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Author : Alex Van Den Brandhof
language : en
Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America
Release Date : 2015-09-29

Half A Century Of Pythagoras Magazine written by Alex Van Den Brandhof and has been published by The Mathematical Association of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-29 with Mathematics categories.

Half a Century of Pythagoras Magazine is a selection of the best and most inspiring articles from this Dutch magazine for recreational mathematics. Founded in 1961 and still thriving today, Pythagoras has given generations of high school students in the Netherlands a perspective on the many branches of mathematics that are not taught in schools. The book contains a mix of easy, yet original puzzles, more challenging - and at least as original – problems, as well as playful introductions to a plethora of subjects in algebra, geometry, topology, number theory and more. Concepts like the sudoku and the magic square are given a whole new dimension. One of the first editors was a personal friend of world famous Dutch graphic artist Maurits Escher, whose 'impossible objects' have been a recurring subject over the years. Articles about his work are part of a special section on 'Mathematics and Art'. While many books on recreational mathematics rely heavily on 'folklore', a reservoir of ancient riddles and games that are being recycled over and over again, most of the puzzles and problems in Half a Century of Pythagoras Magazine are original, invented for this magazine by Pythagoras' many editors and authors over the years. Some are no more than cute little brainteasers which can be solved in a minute, others touch on profound mathematics and can keep the reader entranced indefinitely. Smart high school students and anyone else with a sharp and inquisitive mind will find in this book a treasure trove which is rich enough to keep his or her mind engaged for many weeks and months.

American Mathematics 1890 1913

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Author : Steve Batterson
language : en
Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America
Release Date : 2017-06-29

American Mathematics 1890 1913 written by Steve Batterson and has been published by The Mathematical Association of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-29 with Mathematics categories.

At the turn of the twentieth century, mathematical scholarship in the United States underwent a stunning transformation. In 1890 no American professor was producing mathematical research worthy of international attention. Graduate students were then advised to pursue their studies abroad. By the start of World War I the standing of American mathematics had radically changed. George David Birkhoff, Leonard Dickson, and others were turning out cutting edge investigations that attracted notice in the intellectual centers of Europe. Harvard, Chicago, and Princeton maintained graduate programs comparable to those overseas. This book explores the people, timing, and factors behind this rapid advance. Through the mid-nineteenth century most American colleges followed a classical curriculum that, in mathematics, rarely reached beyond calculus. With no doctoral programs of any sort in the United States until 1860, mathematical scholarship lagged far behind that in Europe. After the Civil War, visionary presidents at Harvard and Johns Hopkins broadened and deepened the opportunities for study. The breakthrough for mathematics began in 1890 with the hiring, in consecutive years, of William F. Osgood and Maxime Bôcher at Harvard and E. H. Moore at Chicago. Each of these young men had studied in Germany where they acquired vital mathematical knowledge and taste. Over the next few years Osgood, Bôcher, and Moore established their own research programs and introduced new graduate courses. Working with other like-minded individuals through the nascent American Mathematical Society, the infrastructure of meetings and journals were created. In the early twentieth century Princeton dramatically upgraded its faculty to give the United States the stability of a third mathematics center. The publication by Birkhoff, in 1913, of the solution to a famous conjecture served notice that American mathematics had earned consideration with the European powers of Germany, France, Italy, England, and Russia.