Exercises in (Mathematical) Style: Stories of Binomial Coefficients
Exercises in (Mathematical) Style: Stories of Binomial Coefficients (Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library) by John McCleary
English | May 17, 2017 | ISBN: 0883856522, 1470447835 | PDF | 290 pages | 1.99 MB
English | May 17, 2017 | ISBN: 0883856522, 1470447835 | PDF | 290 pages | 1.99 MB
Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2017
What does style mean in mathematics? Style is both how one does something and how one communicates what was done. In this book, the author investigates the worlds of the well-known numbers, the binomial coefficients. The author follows the example of Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style. Offering the reader 99 stories in various styles. The book celebrates the joy of mathematics and the joy of writing mathematics by exploring the rich properties of this familiar collection of numbers. For any one interested in mathematics, from high school students on up.