An imaginary tale. The story of V-1
Editorial PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
España peninsular
In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i, re-creating the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up and the colorful character...
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- ISBN13 9780691027951
- ISBN10 0691027951
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 257
- Año de Edición 1997
- Encuadernación Tela
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Historia Y Filosofía De La CienciaAn imaginary tale. The story of V-1
Editorial PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i, re-creating the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up and the colorful character...
España peninsular
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In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i, re-creating the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up and the colorful characters who tried to solve them. Addressing readers with both a general and scholarly interest in mathematics, Nahin weaves into this narrative entertaining historical facts, mathematical discussions, and the application of complex numbers and functions to important problems.