Foolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations.
Hayes, Brian.
Foolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (245 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Young Gauss Sums It Up -- 2 Outside the Law of Averages -- 3 How to Avoid Yourself -- 4 The Spectrum of Riemannium -- 5 Unwed Numbers -- 6 Crinkly Curves -- 7 Wagering with Zeno -- 8 The Higher Arithmetic -- 9 First Links in the Markov Chain -- 10 Playing Ball in the nth Dimension -- 11 Quasirandom Ramblings -- 12 Pencil, Paper, and Pi -- 13 Foolproof -- Sources and Resources -- References -- Index.
A non-mathematician explores mathematical terrain, reporting accessibly and engagingly on topics from Sudoku to probability.
9780262342681
Electronic books.
QA93 .H394 2017
510
Foolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (245 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Young Gauss Sums It Up -- 2 Outside the Law of Averages -- 3 How to Avoid Yourself -- 4 The Spectrum of Riemannium -- 5 Unwed Numbers -- 6 Crinkly Curves -- 7 Wagering with Zeno -- 8 The Higher Arithmetic -- 9 First Links in the Markov Chain -- 10 Playing Ball in the nth Dimension -- 11 Quasirandom Ramblings -- 12 Pencil, Paper, and Pi -- 13 Foolproof -- Sources and Resources -- References -- Index.
A non-mathematician explores mathematical terrain, reporting accessibly and engagingly on topics from Sudoku to probability.
9780262342681
Electronic books.
QA93 .H394 2017
510