The art of the infinite : the pleasures of mathematics /

The Art of the Infinite takes infinity, in its countless guises, as a touchstone for understanding mathematical thinking. Tracing a path from Pythagoras, whose great Theorem led inexorably to a discovery that his followers tried in vain to keep secret (the existence of irrational numbers); through D...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Kaplan, Robert, 1933-
Other Authors:	Kaplan, Ellen, 1936-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2003]
Subjects:	Series, Infinite. Processes, Infinite.
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