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The book of numbers / John H. Conway, Richard K. Guy.

Conway, John Horton. (Author). Guy, Richard K. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 038797993X (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780387979939 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: ix, 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Copernicus c1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The romance of numbers -- Figures from figures: doing arithmetic and algebra by geometry -- What come next? -- Famous families of numbers -- The primacy of primes -- Further fruitfulness of fractions -- Geometric proglems and algebraic numbers -- Imagining imaginary numbers -- Infinite and infinitesimal numbers.
Subject:
Number theory > Popular works.
Teoria dos nĂºmeros (textos elementares)
Getaltheorie.
Recreatieve wiskunde.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library QA 241 .C6897 259945 Stacks Available -

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