Mathematical Reflections: In a Room with Many Mirrors (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) - Hardcover

Buch 92 von 170: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics

Hilton, Peter; Holton, Derek; Pedersen, Jean

 
9780387947709: Mathematical Reflections: In a Room with Many Mirrors (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0387947701 ISBN 13: 9780387947709
Verlag: Springer, 1996

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Focusing Your Attention The purpose of this book is Cat least) twofold. First, we want to show you what mathematics is, what it is about, and how it is done-by those who do it successfully. We are, in fact, trying to give effect to what we call, in Section 9.3, our basic principle of mathematical instruction, asserting that "mathematics must be taught so that students comprehend how and why mathematics is qone by those who do it successfully./I However, our second purpose is quite as important. We want to attract you-and, through you, future readers-to mathematics. There is general agreement in the (so-called) civilized world that mathematics is important, but only a very small minority of those who make contact with mathematics in their early education would describe it as delightful. We want to correct the false impression of mathematics as a combination of skill and drudgery, and to re­ inforce for our readers a picture of mathematics as an exciting, stimulating and engrossing activity; as a world of accessible ideas rather than a world of incomprehensible techniques; as an area of continued interest and investigation and not a set of procedures set in stone.

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The purpose of this book is to show what mathematics is about, how it is done, and what it is good for. The relaxed and informal presentation conveys the joy of mathematical discovery and insight and makes it clear that mathematics can be an exciting and engrossing activity. Frequent questions lead the reader to see mathematics as an accessible world of thought, where understanding can turn opaque formulae into beautiful and meaningful ideas. Presenting many recent discoveries that lead to interesting open questions, the book can serve as the main text in courses dealing with contemporary mathematical topics (for mathematics students or for prospective or in-service mathematics teachers) or as enrichment for other courses. It can also be read with pleasure on its own by anyone interested in the intellectually intriguing aspects of mathematics.

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Verlag
Springer
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0387947701
ISBN 13 
9780387947709
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Anzahl der Seiten
368
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