Exercises in (mathematical) style : stories of binomial coefficients / John McCleary.
What does style mean in mathematics? Style is both how one does something and how one communicates what was done. In this book, the author investigates the worlds of well-known numbers, the binomial coefficients. The author follows the example of Raymond Queneau's Exercise in Style, offering the re...
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| Series: | Anneli Lax new mathematical library ;
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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| 520 | |a What does style mean in mathematics? Style is both how one does something and how one communicates what was done. In this book, the author investigates the worlds of well-known numbers, the binomial coefficients. The author follows the example of Raymond Queneau's Exercise in Style, offering the reader 99 stores in various styles. The book celebrates the joy of mathematics and the joy of writing mathematics by exploring the rich properties of this familiar collection of numbers. For any one interested in mathematics, from high school students on up. -- Provided by publisher. | ||
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