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Unequal : the math of when things do and don't add up /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheng, Eugenia (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2025.
Edition:First US edition.
Subjects:
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Arithmetic.
Equality.
Mathematical notation.
Mathematics > Social aspects.
Arithmétique.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
arithmetic.
Arithmetic
Equality
Mathematical notation
Mathematics > Philosophy
Mathematics > Social aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • When are things the same?
  • Equations
  • The stories hiding behind numbers
  • Equality between functions
  • Why the Earth could be a bagel
  • Interchangeable lids and mathematical glue
  • Logic, emotions, insight
  • Sameness in category theory
  • Sameness in branches of math
  • From Sheffield to Buffalo
  • More dimensions, more forgiveness.