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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. For more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. Today, unfortunately, the traditional place of mathematics in education is in grave danger. The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ability but does not lead to real understanding or to greater intellectual independence. This new edition of Richard Courant's and Herbert Robbins's classic work seeks to address this problem. Its goal is to put the meaning back into mathematics. Written for beginners and scholars, for students and teachers, for philosophers and engineers, What is Mathematics?, Second Edition is a sparkling collection of mathematical gems that offers an entertaining and accessible portrait of the mathematical world. Covering everything from natural numbers and the number system to geometrical constructions and projective geometry, from topology and calculus to matters of principle and the Continuum Hypothesis, this fascinating survey allows readers to delve into mathematics as an organic whole rather than an empty drill in problem solving. With chapters largely independent of one another and sections that lead upward from basic to more advanced discussions, readers can easily pick and choose areas of particular interest without impairing their understanding of subsequent parts. Brought up to date with a new chapter by Ian Stewart, What is Mathematics?, Second Edition offers new insights into recent mathematical developments and describes proofs of the Four-Color Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, problems that were still open when Courant and Robbins wrote this masterpiece, but ones that have since been solved. Formal mathematics is like spelling and grammar--a matter of the correct application of local rules. Meaningful mathematics is like journalism--it tells an interesting story. But unlike some journalism, the story has to be true. The best mathematics is like literature--it brings a story to life before your eyes and involves you in it, intellectually and emotionally. What is Mathematics is like a fine piece of literature--it opens a window onto the world of mathematics for anyone interested to view. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Zustand: New. 8vo (25 cm), 342 pp.Laminated wrappers. "The notes collected here originated in seminars on analysis in partial differential equations, given during the academic year of 2014 to 2015 at the Morningside Center of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and at the Center of Harmonic Analysis and Its Application, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS. Included are: Hajer Bahouri, on critical Sobolev embeddings in Orlicz spaces and applications to PDEs with exponential nonlinearity; Hongjie Dong, on nonstandard Schauder estimates for parabolic equations; Frédéric Hérau, on hypocoercive methods and applications for simple linear inhomogeneous kinetic models; Nicolas Lerner, on Carleman inequalities; Jean-Pierre Puel, on controllability of Navier-Stokes equations; and Jiahong Wu, on 2D magnetohydrodynamic equations with partial or fractional dissipation." (publisher's synopsis).

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorYisong Yang is a Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1988.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Ernest Davis is a computer science professor in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science from Yale University. Dr. Davis is a member of the American Association of Artif.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorYisong Yang is a Professor of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1988.