This book is designed primarily for undergraduates in mathematics, engineering, and the physical sciences. Rather than concentrating on technical skills, it focuses on a deeper understanding of the subject by providing many unusual and challenging...
O Poder do Pensamento Matemático – Para muitos, a matemática que aprendemos na escola é algo totalmente abstrato, muito distante do mundo prático e real. O matemático Jordan Ellenberg mostra, porém, que a matemática está em todo lugar e se...
This paper introduces the concept of a natural number ("Numerus Apoptosis" or "Apoptonumerus"), the attainment of which leads to a fundamental collapse of arithmetic properties. It is proven that any attempt to define a natural...
From the acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and The Advent of the Algorithm, here is a riveting look at mathematics that reveals a hidden world in some of its most fundamental concepts.
In his latest foray into mathematics, David Berlinski...
Our Mathematical Universe is a journey to explore the mysteries uncovered by cosmology and to discover the nature of reality. Our Big Bang, our distant future, parallel worlds, the sub-atomic and intergalactic - none of them are what they seem. But...