9781489996268 - The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of its Creators von Soifer, Alexander (5 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Mathematical Coloring Book | Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of its Creators | Alexander Soifer | Taschenbuch | xxx | Englisch | 2014 | Springer | EAN 9781489996268 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is a unique type of book; at least, I have never encountered a book of this kind. The best description of it I can give is that it is a mystery novel, developing on three levels, and imbued with both educational and philosophical/moral issues. If this summary description does not help understanding the particular character and allure of the book, possibly a more detailed explanation will be found useful. One of the primary goals of the author is to interest readers-in particular, young mathematiciansorpossiblypre-mathematicians-inthefascinatingworldofelegant and easily understandable problems, for which no particular mathematical kno- edge is necessary, but which are very far from being easily solved. In fact, the prototype of such problems is the following: If each point of the plane is to be given a color, how many colors do we need if every two points at unit distance are to receive distinct colors More than half a century ago it was established that the least number of colorsneeded for such a coloring is either 4, or 5, or 6 or 7. Well, which is it Despite efforts by a legion of very bright people-many of whom developed whole branches of mathematics and solved problems that seemed much harder-not a single advance towards the answer has been made. This mystery, and scores of other similarly simple questions, form one level of mysteries explored. In doing this, the author presents a whole lot of attractive results in an engaging way, and with increasing level of depth.