Q.E.D Beauty in mathematical proof

Burkard Polster

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Published
New York : Walker & Co 2004.
Language
English
Main Author
Burkard Polster (-)
Physical Description
58 p. : ill. ; 18 cm
ISBN
9780802714312
  • Introduction
  • Treacherous Truth
  • Pythagoras's Theorem
  • Plane and Simple
  • From Pie to Pi
  • Cavalieri's Principle
  • Cavalier Cone Carving
  • A Frustrating Frustum
  • Archimedes' Theorem
  • Inside Out
  • Mathematical Dominoes
  • The Infinite Staircase
  • Circling the Cycloid
  • Slicing Cones
  • Folding Conics
  • Knotting Polygons
  • Cutting Squares
  • Power Sums
  • Never-ending Primes
  • The Nature of Numbers
  • The Golden Ratio
  • The Numbers of Nature
  • Euler's Formula
  • Possible Impossibilities
  • Appendix I. One Theorem, Many Proofs
  • Appendix II. All for One and One for All
  • Appendix III. Looks Can Be Deceiving
  • Appendix IV. Triangles of Generality
  • Appendix V. Polytopes of Analogy