Imagining numbers : particularly the square root of minus fifteen
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Allen Lane, ©2003Description: xvi, 270 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780141008875
- 510.1 MAZ-I
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Books | IIITD General Stacks | Mathematics | 510.1 MAZ-I (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Gifted by Gifted by Dr. Samaresh Chatterjee | G02695 |
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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