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Numbers

A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

In this Very Short Introduction Peter M. Higgins presents an overview of the number types featured in modern science and mathematics. Providing a non-technical account, he explores the evolution of the modern number system, examines the fascinating role of primes, and explains their role in contemporary cryptography.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 175mm x 113mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 143g
• ISBN-13: 9780199584055
• ISBN-10: 0199584052
• Artikelnr.: 29984610

Autorenporträt

Peter M. Higgins is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Essex University. He is a research algebraist but has written five popular mathematics books that bring mathematical matters to a wide audience. He is the inventor of Circular Sodoku, which has appeared throughout the world in magazines, books, the internet, and on handheld computer games.

Inhaltsangabe

From the contents:

1: How not to think about numbers: the trouble with bases
2: The unending series of primes
3: Perfect and not so perfect numbers
4: Cryptography: the secret life of the primes
5: Numbers that count
6: A peek below the waterline of the number iceberg
7: To infinity and beyond
8: Numbers but not as we know them
Further Reading
Index

Rezensionen

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