An Imaginary Tale Av Paul J. Nahin

An Imaginary Tale Av Paul J. Nahin

Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics'&#......
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An Imaginary Tale. Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. 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. He recreates the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up, and the colorful characters who tried to solve them. In 1878, when two brothers stole a mathematical papyrus from the ancient Egyptian burial site in the Valley of Kings, they led scholars to the earliest known occurrence of the square root of a negative number. The papyrus offered a specific numerical example of how to calculate the volume of a truncated square pyramid, which implied the need for i. In the first century, the mathematician-engineer Heron of Alexandria encountered I in a separate project, but fudged the arithmetic; medieval mathematicians stumbled upon the concept while grappling with the meaning of negative numbers, but dismissed their square roots as nonsense. By the time of Descartes, a theoretical use for these elusive square roots--now called "imaginary numbers"--was suspected, but efforts to solve them led to intense, bitter debates. The notorious i finally won acceptance and was put to use in complex analysis and theoretical physics in Napoleonic times. Addressing readers with both a general and scholarly interest in mathematics, Nahin weaves into this narrative entertaining historical facts and mathematical discussions, including the application of complex numbers and functions to important problems, such as Kepler"s laws of planetary motion and ac electrical circuits. This book can be read as an engaging history, almost a biography, of one of the most evasive and pervasive "numbers" in all of mathematics. Forfattere: Paul Nahin Utgave: ukjent Språk: Engelsk Sidetall: 296 ISBN: 9780691169248 Vekt: 255 g Forla Innbindin Heftet Utgitt: 2016 Veil. pris: 0 kr Kategori: Bøker
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<p>Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In <i>An Imaginary Tale</i>, 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>i</i>. He recreates the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up, and the colorful characters who tried to solve them.<br><br>In 1878, when two brothers stole a mathematical papyrus from the ancient Egyptian burial site in the Valley of Kings, they led scholars to the earliest known occurrence of the square root of a negative number. The papyrus offered a specific numerical example of how to calculate the volume of a truncated square pyramid, which implied the need for <i>i</i>. In the first century, the mathematician-engineer Heron of Alexandria encountered <i>I </i>in a separate project, but fudged the arith
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Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. 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. He recreates the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up, and the colorful characters who tried to solve them.In 1878, when two brothers stole a mathematical papyrus from the ancient Egyptian burial site in the Valley of Kings, they led scholars to the earliest known occurrence of the square root of a negative number. The papyrus offered a specific numerical example of how to calculate the volume of a truncated square pyramid, which implied the need for i. In the first century, the mathematician-engineer Heron of Alexandria encountered I in a separate project, but fudged the arithmetic; medieval mathematicians stumbled upon the concept while grappling with the meaning of negative numbers, but dismissed their square roots as nonsense.By the time of Descartes, a theoretical use for these elusive square roots--now called "imaginary numbers"--was suspected, but efforts to solve them led to intense, bitter debates. The notorious i finally won acceptance and was put to use in complex analysis and theoretical physics in Napoleonic times. Addressing readers with both a general and scholarly interest in mathematics, Nahin weaves into this narrative entertaining historical facts and mathematical discussions, including the application of complex numbers and functions to important problems, such as Kepler's laws of planetary motion and ac electrical circuits.This book can be read as an engaging history, almost a biography, of one of the most evasive and pervasive "numbers" in all of mathematics.

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Oppdag den fascinerende reisen i An Imaginary Tale Av Paul J. Nahin

Er du klar for å dykke ned i matematikens mystiske verden? An Imaginary Tale Av Paul J. Nahin tar deg med på en imponerende 2000-årig reise med fokus på det gåtefulle tallet kjent som det imaginære tallet i, eller kvadratroten av minus én. Denne boken er ikke bare en matematikkbok, men en spennende fortelling fylt med eventyr, intriger og historiske vendinger som vil fascinere både matematikere og nysgjerrige sjeler.

En matematisk odyssé

  • Forfatter: Paul Nahin
  • Utgave: Ukjent
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Sidetall: 296
  • ISBN: 9780691169248
  • Vekt: 255 g
  • Innbinding: Heftet
  • Utgitt: 2016
  • Kategori: Bøker

I An Imaginary Tale får leseren innsikt i hvordan komplekse tall, som i har blitt uunnværlige innen områder som elektrisk ingeniørkunst og luftfart. Leserne oppdager hvordan dette tallet har ridd matematiske tilhengere med både forvirring og oppdagelser gjennom historien.

Eventyret bak det imaginære tallet

Visste du at brødrene som stjal et matematikalsk papyrus fra Den døde skute i Egypt, ledet til en av de første funnene av kvadratroten av et negativt tall? Historiene om legendariske figurer som Heron av Alexandria og deres kamp med negative tall vil fange fantasien din! Nahin kombinerer historiske fakta med matematiske diskusjoner og viser deg hvordan komplekse tall påvirker alt fra Keplers lover om planetbevegelse til vekselstrøm i elektriske kretser.

Hvorfor lese An Imaginary Tale?

For de som ønsker å forstå matematikkens rike, er dette ikke bare en bok – det er en biografi av et av mattehistorienes mest unnvikende tall. Med en lettfattelig stil og dyktig innsikt, tilbys boken både underholdning og utdanning.

Ikke gå glipp av denne sjansen til å bli en del av matematiske eventyr. Kjøp An Imaginary Tale Av Paul J. Nahin i dag, og oppdag hvordan et enkelt tall kan forandre din forståelse av verden!

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