Best Writing on Mathematics 2021 (eBook)

Mircea Pitici (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2022
320 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22572-2 (ISBN)

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The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world-and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy the pieces collected here. These essays-from leading names and fresh new voices-delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday aspects of math, offering surprising insights into its nature, meaning, and practice, and taking readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates.Here, Viktor Blasjo gives a brief history of "e;lockdown mathematics"e;; Yelda Nasifoglu decodes the politics of a seventeenth-century play in which the characters are geometric shapes; and Andrew Lewis-Pye explains the basic algorithmic rules and computational procedures behind cryptocurrencies. In other essays, Terence Tao candidly recalls the adventures and misadventures of growing up to become a leading mathematician; Natalie Wolchover shows how old math gives new clues about whether time really flows; and David Hand discusses the problem of "e;dark data"e;-information that is missing or ignored. And there is much, much more.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.7.2022
• Reihe/Serie: The Best Writing on Mathematics
• Reihe/Serie: The Best Writing on Mathematics
• Zusatzinfo: 16 color + 91 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Spielen / Raten
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Schlagworte: Abel's theorem • academic freedom • Accuracy and precision • Addition • African Institute for Mathematical Sciences • Algebra • Algebra I • algebraic topology • algorithm • Alhazen • American Mathematical Monthly • American Mathematical Society • Analytic number theory • Approximation • arithmetic mean • attractor • Axiom • Bachelor of Science • Bernhard Riemann • Bitcoin • boston university • Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics • Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society • Calculus • Classical realism (international relations) • cognitive science • Computer Science • Computer Scientist • Cryptocurrency • Curriculum • Deductive Reasoning • Developing Country • differential equation • Disk (mathematics) • Educational Studies in Mathematics • Elementary mathematics • Equation • estimation • Euler's formula • European Association for Theoretical Computer Science • Experimental Mathematics • Explanation • exponential function • Exponential map (Lie theory) • Fermat's Last Theorem • Foundations of mathematics • Function (mathematics) • fundamental solution • Game Theory • General relativity • Geometry • Graduate school • Harold Edwards (mathematician) • hash function • Historia Mathematica • Homework • Hyperbolic Geometry • Identity (mathematics) • Instance (computer science) • International Congress of Mathematicians • International Mathematical Union • Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy • Investment • John Wiley & Sons • landslide victory • Latin honors • learning • Level of consciousness (Esotericism) • linear algebra • logarithm • Logic • logical reasoning • Master of Mathematics • Master of Science • Mathematica • Mathematical Association • Mathematical Association of America • Mathematical beauty • Mathematical instrument • Mathematical Notation • Mathematical problem • Mathematical Sciences • mathematical software • mathematician • Mathematics • mathematics education • MathFest • MathOverflow • Measure (mathematics) • Measurement • minimum wage • Modernity • Nash Equilibrium • Nathan Rosen • National Academy of Sciences • National Assessment of Educational Progress • National Institute of Standards and Technology • National Science Foundation • Natural number • New Scientist • Nobel prize • Notices of the American Mathematical Society • Number Theory • Observational error • Operator algebra • Parity (mathematics) • Payment • philosophy of mathematics • physicist • Physics • Physics education • Platonic solid • Political Correctness • Prime number • prime number theorem • Probability • Proportionality (mathematics) • Pure Mathematics • Quantity • quantum algorithm • Quantum Information Science • quantum mechanics • Real analysis • Realization (probability) • real number • reason • Recipe • result • Riemann hypothesis • Salem Prize • Science • scientific community • scientific notation • Scientist • self-righteousness • Series (mathematics) • Sign (mathematics) • simulation hypothesis • Smart Contract • solver • sophie germain • Spectral Sequence • Standard algorithms • standardized test • statistical significance • Statistics • The Mathematical Gazette • The Mathematical Intelligencer • Theorem • Thought • Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study • Trinity Mathematical Society • true value • Turing Completeness • Understanding • Variable (computer science) • Variable (mathematics) • X10 (programming language)
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22572-9 / 0691225729
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22572-2 / 9780691225722