The moment of proof : mathematical epiphanies / Donald C. Benson.
The moment of proof : mathematical epiphanies / Donald C. Benson.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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T0391857
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English
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331 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
I. Recalling. 1. Reflections. 2. Hand in Hand. 3. Further Progression -- II. Counting. 4. Interesting Numbers. 5. Tenpins, and Counting. 6. Order and Reorder. 7. Outcast. 8. The Power of Two. 9. Divide and Conquer. 10. Set and Match. 11. Chance Encounter -- III. Balancing. 12. Cutouts. 13. Seesaw, M...
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
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New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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In The Moment of Proof, Donald Benson attempts to convey to general readers the feeling of eureka - the joy of discoverythat mathematicians feel when they first encounter an elegant proof.
This is not an introduction to mathematics so much as an introduction to the pleasures of mathematical thinking. The book is packed with intriguing conundrums - Loyd's Fifteen Puzzle, the Petersburg Paradox, the Chaos Game, the Monty Hall Problem, the Prisoners' Dilemma - as well as many mathematical curiosities. We learn how to perform the arithme...
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The moment of proof : mathematical epiphanies / Donald C. Benson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-322) and index.
Transferred from N511.3/59.
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T0391857
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0195117212 (acid-free paper)
9780195117219 (acid-free paper)
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511.3
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991007305619702626
