Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math
A fascinating journey into the mind-bending world of prime numbersCicadas of the genus Magicicada appear once every 7, 13, or 17 years. Is it just a coincidence that these are all prime numbers? How do twin primes differ from cousin primes, and what on earth (or in the mind of a mathematician) could be sexy about prime numbers? What did Albert Wilansky find so fascinating about his brother-in-law's phone number?Mathematicians have been asking questions about prime numbers for more than twenty-five centuries, and every answer seems to generate a new rash of questions. In Prime Numbers: The Most Mysterious Figures in Math, you'll meet the world…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62045-824-2
- EAN: 9781620458242
- Produktnummer: 19402884
- Verlag: Wiley
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 290 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.4 cm x D3.2 cm 596 g
- Gewicht: 596
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DAVID WELLS is the author of numerous books of mathematical puzzles and general math, including You Are a Mathematician, also available from Wiley. He has contributed articles to The Mathematical Intelligencer and The Mathematical Gazette. Wells lives in London, England.
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