An edition of An imaginary tale: the story of [the square root of minus one] (1998)

An imaginary tale

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An edition of An imaginary tale: the story of [the square root of minus one] (1998)

An imaginary tale

the story of [the square root of minus one]

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In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i, re-creating the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up and the colorful characters who tried to solve them.

Addressing readers with both a general and scholarly interest in mathematics, Nahin weaves into this narrative entertaining historical facts, mathematical discussions, and the application of complex numbers and functions to important problems.

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
257

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Subjects

Complex Numbers, Mathematics, Números complexos (geometria), Numbers, complex

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Edition Notes

On t.p. "[the square root of minus one]" appears as a radical over "-1".
Includes indexes.

Published in
Princeton, N.J
Other Titles
Story of [the square root of minus one], Story of [square root] -1

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
515/.9
Library of Congress
QA255 .N34 1998, QA255.N34 1998, QA 255 N34 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 257 p. :
Number of pages
257

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL703050M
ISBN 10
0691027951
LCCN
97052082
OCLC/WorldCat
38147840
LibraryThing
124016
Goodreads
983805

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Work ID
OL1907386W

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"At the end of his 1494 book Summa de Arithmetical, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita, summarizing all the knowledge of that time on arithmetic, algebra (including quadratic equations), and trigonometry, the Franciscan friar Luca Pacioli (circa 1445-1514) made a bold assertion."

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