How Euler Did It - Couverture rigide

Sandifer, C. Edward

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0883855631 ISBN 13 : 9780883855638

Editeur : The Mathematical Association of America, 2007

Synopsis

xiv 237p hardback, green cover, white and yellow lettering to spine, excellent copy, like new

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

How Euler Did It is a collection of 40 monthly columns that appeared on MAA Online between November 2003 and February 2007 about the mathematical and scientific work of the great 18th-century Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler. Inside we find interesting stories about Euler's work in geometry and his solution to Cramer's paradox and its role in the early days of linear algebra. We see Euler's first proof of Fermat's little theorem for which he used mathematical induction, as well as his discovery of over a hundred pairs of amicable numbers, and his work on odd perfect numbers, about which little is known even today. Professor Sandifer based his columns on Euler's own words in the original language in which they were written. In this way, the author was able to uncover many details that are not found in other sources.

Biographie de l'auteur

C. Edward Sandifer is Professor of Mathematics at Western Connecticut State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Mathematical Association of America
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0883855631
• ISBN 13: 9780883855638
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 252