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Imagining numbers : particularly the square root of minus fifteen

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Allen Lane, ©2003Description: xvi, 270 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780141008875
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510.1 MAZ-I
Contents:
PART I Chapter 1.The imagination and roots. Chapter 2. Square roots and the imagination Chapter 3. Looking at numbers Chapter 4. Permission and laws Chapter 5. Economy of expression Chapter 6. Justifying laws
PART II Chapter 7. Bombelli's puzzle Chapter 8. Stretching the image Chapter 9. Putting geometry into numbers Chapter 10. Seeing the geometry in the numbers
PART III Chapter 11. The literature of discovery of geometry in numbers Chapter 12. Understanding algebra via geometry
Summary: Mazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences, especially in relation to mathematics. When we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I
Chapter 1.The imagination and roots.
Chapter 2. Square roots and the imagination
Chapter 3. Looking at numbers
Chapter 4. Permission and laws
Chapter 5. Economy of expression
Chapter 6. Justifying laws

PART II
Chapter 7. Bombelli's puzzle
Chapter 8. Stretching the image
Chapter 9. Putting geometry into numbers
Chapter 10. Seeing the geometry in the numbers

PART III
Chapter 11. The literature of discovery of geometry in numbers
Chapter 12. Understanding algebra via geometry

Mazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences, especially in relation to mathematics. When we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind?

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