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100 1 $aStein, Sherman K.
245 10 $aMathematics :$bthe man-made universe /$cSherman K. Stein.
260 $aMineola, N.Y. :$bDover Publications,$c℗♭1999.
300 $axv, 575 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aPreviously published: 3rd ed. San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, 1976.
500 $a"This Dover edition, first published in 1998, is an unabridged and slightly corrected republication of the work as published in the 'College custom series' by McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, in 1994. A new 'Appendix G' has been specially prepared for this edition"--Title page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aQuestions on weighing -- The primes -- The fundamental theorem of arithmetic -- Rationals and irrationals -- Tiling -- Tiling and electricity -- The highway inspector and the salesman -- Memory wheels -- The representation of numbers -- Congruence -- Strange algebras -- Orthogonal tables -- Chance -- The fifteen puzzle -- Map coloring -- Types of numbers -- Construction by straightedge and compass -- Infinite sets -- A general view -- Review of arithmetic -- Writing mathematics -- The rudiments of algebra -- Teaching mathematics -- The geometric and harmonic series -- Space of any dimension -- update.
520 $a"Developed from a course for students in a variety of fields, this highly readable volume covers a vast array of subjects, including number theory, topology, set theory, geometry, algebra, and analysis. Starting with questions on weighing, the primes, the fundamental theory of arithmetic, and rationals and irrationals, the text also surveys the representation of numbers, congruence, probability, much more. Several useful appendices, plus answers, comments for selected exercises"--Publisher description (November 2006).
650 0 $aMathematics$vPopular works.
650 7 $aMathematics.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01012163
655 7 $aPopular works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423846
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/dover031/98046319.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/dover033/98046319.html
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