The best writing on mathematics. 2017 /
An anthology of the year's finest writing on mathematics from around the world, featuring promising new voices as well as some of the foremost names in mathematics.
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Princeton University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Princeton : |
Publication Dates: | [2018] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
An anthology of the year's finest writing on mathematics from around the world, featuring promising new voices as well as some of the foremost names in mathematics. |
Carrier Form: | xvi, 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9780691178639 (paperback) : 0691178631 (paperback) |
Index Number: | QA8 |
CLC: | O1 |
Call Number: | O1/B561/2017 |
Contents: |
Mathematical products / The largest known prime number / A unified theory of randomness / An "infinitely rich" mathematician turns 100 / Inverse Yogiisms / Ramanujan in bronze / Creating symmetric fractals / Projective geometry in the moon tilt illusion / Girih for domes: analysis of three Iranian domes / Why |