Arithmetical Wonderland

Author : Andy Liu
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1614441197
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arithmetical Wonderland written by Andy Liu and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arithmetical Wonderland is intended as an unorthodox mathematics textbook for students in elementary education, in a contents course offered by a mathematics department. The scope is deliberately restricted to cover only arithmetic, even though geometric elements are introduced whenever warranted. For example, what the Euclidean Algorithm for finding the greatest common divisors of two numbers has to do with Euclid is showcased. Many students find mathematics somewhat daunting. It is the [Author];'s belief that much of that is caused not by the subject itself, but by the language of mathematics. In this book, much of the discussion is in dialogues between Alice, of Wonderland fame, and the twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee who hailed from Through the Looking Glass. The boys are learning High Arithmetic or Elementary Number Theory from Alice, and the reader is carried along in this academic exploration. Thus many formal proofs are converted to soothing everyday language. Nevertheless, the book has considerable depth. It examines many arcane corners of the subject, and raises rather unorthodox questions. For instance, Alice tells the twins that six divided by three is two only because of an implicit assumption that division is supposed to be fair, whereas fairness does not come into addition, subtraction or multiplication. Some topics often not covered are introduced rather early, such as the concepts of divisibility and congruence.

Author : Andy Liu
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0883857898
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arithmetical Wonderland written by Andy Liu and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arithmetical Wonderland is intended as an unorthodox mathematics textbook for students in elementary education, in a contents course offered by a mathematics department. The scope is deliberately restricted to cover only arithmetic, even though geometric elements are introduced whenever warranted. For example, what the Euclidean Algorithm for finding the greatest common divisors of two numbers has to do with Euclid is showcased. Many students find mathematics somewhat daunting. It is the [Author];'s belief that much of that is caused not by the subject itself, but by the language of mathematics. In this book, much of the discussion is in dialogues between Alice, of Wonderland fame, and the twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee who hailed from Through the Looking Glass. The boys are learning High Arithmetic or Elementary Number Theory from Alice, and the reader is carried along in this academic exploration. Thus many formal proofs are converted to soothing everyday language. Nevertheless, the book has considerable depth. It examines many arcane corners of the subject, and raises rather unorthodox questions. For instance, Alice tells the twins that six divided by three is two only because of an implicit assumption that division is supposed to be fair, whereas fairness does not come into addition, subtraction or multiplication. Some topics often not covered are introduced rather early, such as the concepts of divisibility and congruence.

Author : Thomas O'Conor Sloane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rapid arithmetic, quick and special method in arithmetical calculation, together with a collection of puzzles and curiosities of numbers written by Thomas O'Conor Sloane and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas O'Conor Sloane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
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Download or read book Rapid Arithmetic written by Thomas O'Conor Sloane and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger B. Nelsen
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0883857901
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proofs Without Words III written by Roger B. Nelsen and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proofs without words (PWWs) are figures or diagrams that help the reader see why a particular mathematical statement is true, and how one might begin to formally prove it true. PWWs are not new, many date back to classical Greece, ancient China, and medieval Europe and the Middle East. PWWs have been regular features of the MAA journals Mathematics Magazine and The College Mathematics Journal for many years, and the MAA published the collections of PWWs Proofs Without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking in 1993 and Proofs Without Words II: More Exercises in Visual Thinking in 2000. This book is the third such collection of PWWs.

Author : Nathan Carter
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1614441227
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to the Mathematics of Computer Graphics written by Nathan Carter and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text, by an award-winning [Author];, was designed to accompany his first-year seminar in the mathematics of computer graphics. Readers learn the mathematics behind the computational aspects of space, shape, transformation, color, rendering, animation, and modeling. The software required is freely available on the Internet for Mac, Windows, and Linux. The text answers questions such as these: How do artists build up realistic shapes from geometric primitives? What computations is my computer doing when it generates a realistic image of my 3D scene? What mathematical tools can I use to animate an object through space? Why do movies always look more realistic than video games? Containing the mathematics and computing needed for making their own 3D computer-generated images and animations, the text, and the course it supports, culminates in a project in which students create a short animated movie using free software. Algebra and trigonometry are prerequisites; calculus is not, though it helps. Programming is not required. Includes optional advanced exercises for students with strong backgrounds in math or computer science. Instructors interested in exposing their liberal arts students to the beautiful mathematics behind computer graphics will find a rich resource in this text.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1240 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 1240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robin J. Wilson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393060276
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lewis Carroll in Numberland written by Robin J. Wilson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book, the author explores the singular imagination of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - known to millions around the world as Lewis Carroll - the creator of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Lewis Carroll in Numberland shows how this incredible mind was not limited to the exuberant fantasy and wordplay of his children's books, which also brim with mathematical allusions - arithmetical, geometrical, logical and mechanical." "Robin Wilson's celebration of Dodgson's mathematical achievements reveals that his work in numbers went far beyond the purely academic. We are taken inside the mind of a man who turned his mathematical genius to the study of voting patterns, to the design of tennis tournaments and even to the prolific creation and popularization of imaginative numerical puzzles."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Mary Burnham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1612 pages
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Download or read book The United States Catalog written by Mary Burnham and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : C.C. Gaither
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420050301
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematically Speaking written by C.C. Gaither and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, a book has brought together in one easily accessible form the best expressed thoughts that are especially illuminating and pertinent to the discipline of mathematics. Mathematically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations provides profound, wise, and witty quotes from the most famous to the unknown. You may not find all the quoted "jewels" that exist, but you will definitely a great many of them here. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tools for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from addition to zero. This book will be a handy reference for the mathematician or scientific reader and the wider public interested in who has said what on mathematics.