Icons of mathematics an exploration of twenty key images / Claudi Alsina, Roger B. Nelsen.

Author/creator Alsina, Claudi
Other author Nelsen, Roger B.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America,
Descriptionxvii, 327 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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SeriesDolciani mathematical expositions ; no. 45
Dolciani mathematical expositions no. 45. ^A65853
Contents The bride's chair -- Zhou Bi Suan Jing -- Garfield's trapezoid -- The semicircle -- Similar figures -- Cevians -- The right triangle -- Napoleon's triangles -- Arcs and angles -- Polygons with circles -- Two circles -- Venn diagrams -- Overlapping figures -- Yin and yang -- Polygonal lines -- Star polygons -- Self-similar figures -- Tatami -- The rectangular hyperbola -- Tiling -- Solutions to the challenges.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-319) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011923441
ISBN9780883853528 (hbk.)
ISBN0883853523 (hbk.)

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