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Mathematical Cranks

By Underwood Dudley

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Mathematical Cranks

By Underwood Dudley

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A delightful collection of articles about people who claim they have achieved the mathematically impossible (squaring the circle, duplicating the cube); people who think they have done something they have not (proving Fermat's Last Theorem); people who pray in matrices; people who find the American Revolution ruled by the number 57; people who have in common eccentric mathematical views, some mild (thinking we should count by 12s instead of 10s), some bizarre (thinking that second-order differential equations will solve all problems of economics, politics and philosophy). This is a truly unique book. It is written with wit and style and is a part of folk mathematics.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
383
Release Date:
1992-09-01
Publication Date:
1996-10-17
Publisher:
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0883855070
ISBN13:
9780883855072
Weight:
544 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
236 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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