50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know
Editor/Author
Crilly, Tony
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Quercus
Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-84-866705-1
Category: Mathematics & Statistics - Mathematics
Image Count:
127
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
In 50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand and shape the world around us.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 01 Zero
- 02 Number systems
- 03 Fractions
- 04 Squares and square roots
- 05 π
- 06 e
- 07 Infinity
- 08 Imaginary numbers
- 09 Primes
- 10 Perfect numbers
- 11 Fibonacci numbers
- 12 Golden rectangles
- 13 Pascal's triangle
- 14 Algebra
- 15 Euclid's algorithm
- 16 Logic
- 17 Proof
- 18 Sets
- 19 Calculus
- 20 Constructions
- 21 Triangles
- 22 Curves
- 23 Topology
- 24 Dimension
- 25 Fractals
- 26 Chaos
- 27 The parallel postulate
- 28 Discrete geometry
- 29 Graphs
- 30 The four-colour problem
- 31 Probability
- 32 Bayes's theory
- 33 The birthday problem
- 34 Distributions
- 35 The normal curve
- 36 Connecting data
- 37 Genetics
- 38 Groups
- 39 Matrices
- 40 Codes
- 41 Advanced counting
- 42 Magic squares
- 43 Latin squares
- 44 Money mathematics
- 45 The diet problem
- 46 The travelling salesperson
- 47 Game theory
- 48 Relativity
- 49 Fermat's last theorem
- 50 The Riemann hypothesis
- Glossary
