A collection of interesting facts and speculations about numbers from the time of Euclid to the most recent computer research. Intended to be both entertaining and informative the book requires little or no prior knowledge of mathematics.
A collection of interesting facts and speculations about numbers from the time of Euclid to the most recent computer research. Intended to be both entertaining and informative the book requires little or no prior knowledge of mathematics.
1. Counting 2. The Search for Prime Numbers 3. The World Record Holders 4. The Distribution of Primes 5. Prime Races, Emirps, and More 6. The Baffling Law of Benford 7. What is so Special about 6174? 8. Number Patterns and Symmetries 9. Numbers Perfect, Friendly, and Weird 10. How do These Series End? 11. Fermat's Legendary Last Theorem 12. Shapely Numbers and Mr. Waring 13. Magic Squares and Cubes 14. How can Anything so Simple be so Difficult? 15. Nearly All Numbers are Insane 16. Cyclic Numbers and their Secret 17. Pi, a Transcendental Number 18. Most Numbers are Normal, but it's Tough to Find One 19. A Different Way of Counting; Geometric Numbers 20. Two Dimensional Numbers 21. Counting the Infinite 22. Update (September 1985) Appendices Bibliography Index.
1. Counting 2. The Search for Prime Numbers 3. The World Record Holders 4. The Distribution of Primes 5. Prime Races, Emirps, and More 6. The Baffling Law of Benford 7. What is so Special about 6174? 8. Number Patterns and Symmetries 9. Numbers Perfect, Friendly, and Weird 10. How do These Series End? 11. Fermat's Legendary Last Theorem 12. Shapely Numbers and Mr. Waring 13. Magic Squares and Cubes 14. How can Anything so Simple be so Difficult? 15. Nearly All Numbers are Insane 16. Cyclic Numbers and their Secret 17. Pi, a Transcendental Number 18. Most Numbers are Normal, but it's Tough to Find One 19. A Different Way of Counting; Geometric Numbers 20. Two Dimensional Numbers 21. Counting the Infinite 22. Update (September 1985) Appendices Bibliography Index.
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