Bøger af Philip J. Davis

One of the principles of mathematical growth is that the relabelling process often suggests a new generation of problems. Means become ends; the medium rapidly becomes the message. This book is not wholly self-contained. Readers will find that they should be familiar with the elementary portions of linear algebra and of the theory of functions of a complex variable.

Could it be that Hans Christian Andersen - who wrote so lovingly of inchworms and ugly ducklings - was an unrepentant despiser of cats? A whimsically written and illustrated tale - part history, part parody, and all fun. Davis is Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics at Brown University and author of No Way: Essays on the Impossible.

" Although there is a connection between the first piece and the second, the four pieces here are essentially independent. This piece purports, as a secondary goal, to present a solution to a certain unsolved historical problem raised in the first piece.

" Although there is a connection between the first piece and the second, the four pieces here are essentially independent. This piece purports, as a secondary goal, to present a solution to a certain unsolved historical problem raised in the first piece.