Strogatz The Calculus of Friendship

What a Teacher and a Student Learned about Life while Corresponding about Math
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3088-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 184 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Strogatz, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue ix

Continuity (1974-75) 1

Pursuit (1976) 8

Relativity (1977) 13

Irrationality (1978-79) 23

Shifts (1980-89) 34

Proof on a Place Mat (March 1989) 42

The Monk and the Mountain (1989-90) 71

Randomness (1990-91) 84

Infinity and Limits (1991) 94

Chaos (1992-95) 107

Celebration (1996-99) 115

The Path of Quickest Descent (2000-2003) 118

Bifurcation (2004) 128

Hero's Formula (2005-Present) 140

Acknowledgments 155

Further Reading 157

Bibliography 161

Photography Credits 163

Index of Math Problems 165

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Strogatz is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cornell University. His books include the best-selling Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order (Hyperion). He has written for the New York Times's Opinionator blog.