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Dr. Euler's fabulous formula : cures many mathematical ills / Paul J. Nahin ; with a new preface by the author.

By: Nahin, Paul J.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xxxii, 380 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781400838479; 1400838479.Subject(s): Numbers, Complex | Euler's numbers | Mathematics -- History | Nombres complexes | Int�egrales eul�eriennes | Math�ematiques -- Histoire | MATHEMATICS -- Number Theory | MATHEMATICS -- Mathematical Analysis | Euler's numbers | Mathematics | Numbers, ComplexGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. | History.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dr. Euler's fabulous formula.DDC classification: 512.7/88 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Preface : "when did math become sexy?" -- Complex numbers (an assortment of essays beyond the elementary involving complex numbers) -- Vector trips (some complex plane problems in which direction matters) -- The irrationality of [pi]p2s ("higher" math at the sophomore level) -- Fourier series (named after Fourier but Euler was there first -- but he was, alas, partially wrong!) -- Fourier integrals (what happens as the period of a periodic function becomes infinite, and other neat stuff) -- Electronics and [square root of -1] (technological applications of complex numbers that Euler, who was a practical fellow himself, would have loved) -- Euler : the man and the mathematical physicist.
Summary: Presents the story of the formula - zero equals e[pi] i+1 long regarded as the gold standard for mathematical beauty. This book shows why it still lies at the heart of complex number theory. It discusses many sophisticated applications of complex numbers in pure and applied mathematics, and to electronic technology.
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Presents the story of the formula - zero equals e[pi] i+1 long regarded as the gold standard for mathematical beauty. This book shows why it still lies at the heart of complex number theory. It discusses many sophisticated applications of complex numbers in pure and applied mathematics, and to electronic technology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Preface : "when did math become sexy?" -- 1. Complex numbers (an assortment of essays beyond the elementary involving complex numbers) -- 2. Vector trips (some complex plane problems in which direction matters) -- 3. The irrationality of [pi]p2s ("higher" math at the sophomore level) -- 4. Fourier series (named after Fourier but Euler was there first -- but he was, alas, partially wrong!) -- 5. Fourier integrals (what happens as the period of a periodic function becomes infinite, and other neat stuff) -- 6. Electronics and [square root of -1] (technological applications of complex numbers that Euler, who was a practical fellow himself, would have loved) -- Euler : the man and the mathematical physicist.

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