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Number Theory by Robin Wilson
epub |eng | 2020-04-10 | Author:Robin Wilson [Wilson, Robin]

These in turn lead to the simultaneous linear congruences or 1 (mod 8) and or 1 (mod 125), and on examining these in pairs, as above, we find that the ...
( Category: Number Theory June 27,2020 )
How to Free Your Inner Mathematician by Susan D'Agostino
epub |eng | 2020-03-26 | Author:Susan D'Agostino [D'Agostino, Susan]

Oh, now I see that the collection of prime numbers must be infinite. My journey may have meandered, but I found my own way to the truth. Now I really ...
( Category: History May 27,2020 )
Leonhard Euler: Mathematical Genius in the Enlightenment by Ronald S. Calinger
epub |eng | 2015-05-14 | Author:Ronald S. Calinger

Botany and Maps Among Euler’s many tasks at the academy in 1751 were overseeing the progress of the observatory, which was nearing completion; seeking the publication for subscribers in Berlin ...
( Category: History May 18,2020 )
Pythagoras' Legacy by Danesi Marcel;
epub |eng | 2019-11-29 | Author:Danesi, Marcel; [Danesi, Marcel]

Epilogue All of mathematics is encoded in symbolic notation. The Pythagorean equation c2 = a2 + b2, for example, is essentially a convenient notation of saying the same thing as ...
( Category: History May 7,2020 )
Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors by Matt Parker
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2019-03-07 | Author:Matt Parker

EIGHT Put Your Money Where Your Mistakes Are What counts as a mistake in finance? Of course, there are the obvious ones, where people simply get the numbers wrong. On ...
( Category: History May 2,2020 )
Calendrical Calculations by EDWARD M. REINGOLD & NACHUM DERSHOWITZ
epub |eng | 2018-04-10 | Author:EDWARD M. REINGOLD & NACHUM DERSHOWITZ

( Category: Coding Theory April 6,2020 )
Mathematics is the Poetry of Science by Cedric Villani
epub |eng | 2020-03-05 | Author:Cedric Villani [Villani, Cedric]

appendix Henri Poincaré on Mathematical Discovery The genesis of mathematical discovery is a problem which must inspire the psychologist with the keenest interest. For this is the process in which ...
( Category: History March 31,2020 )
50 Visions of Mathematics by Sam Parc
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-03-15 | Author:Sam Parc

Now, suppose that we can estimate the volume of the jar itself. Most jars are cylindrical. If the jar has radius R and height H then its volume J is ...
( Category: History March 24,2020 )
Sophie Germain by Dora Musielak
epub |eng | | Author:Dora Musielak

What Fermat meant is that if is a positive integer , the equation has no non-zero integer solutions for , and , i.e., no three integers , and exist, such ...
( Category: History March 24,2020 )
The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries by Evans Brian
epub |eng | 2014-02-23 | Author:Evans, Brian

CHAPTER 12 European Mathematics: The 17th Century The 17th century was perhaps the greatest century for mathematical advancements. It was during this century of accomplishment that the Scientific Revolution continued ...
( Category: History March 23,2020 )
How Math Explains the World by James D. Stein Jr
epub |eng | | Author:James D. Stein, Jr.

Proofs of Gödel’s There are many different ways to go about demonstrating Gödel’s theorem. I have elected to go with demonstrating here that it is plausible and have given a ...
( Category: Number Theory March 17,2020 )
Ballet of the Planets by Benson Donald;
epub |eng | 2012-03-14 | Author:Benson, Donald;

Figure 6.5 Galileo’s telescopic observations of the phases of Venus supported the heliocentric theory of the solar system. In (c), Venus is greatly magnified. The relationship is shown between the ...
( Category: Astronomy March 15,2020 )
The Irrationals by Havil Julian;
epub |eng | 2011-03-09 | Author:Havil, Julian;

and so Making the an Integers We move closer to the contradiction that an expression is a positive integer less than 1. To that end we shall need to address ...
( Category: Number Theory March 10,2020 )
Math Through the Ages by Berlinghoff William P.; Gouvea Fernando Q.; & Fernando Q. Gouvêa
epub |eng | 2019-02-26 | Author:Berlinghoff, William P.; Gouvea, Fernando Q.; & Fernando Q. Gouvêa

Lamé presented his proof to the Paris Academy. Joseph Liouville was suspicious. Why should the new numbers behave like the old ones? Knowing that German mathematician Ernst Kummer had worked ...
( Category: History February 27,2020 )
The Archimedes Codex by Reviel Netz
epub |eng | | Author:Reviel Netz

This was a moment of magic. Consider that each treatise by Archimedes contains at least one such moment of magic and you can begin to see the measure of the ...
( Category: History February 22,2020 )

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