Where Do Numbers Come From? - Tapa blanda

Körner, T. W.

 
9781108738385: Where Do Numbers Come From?
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ISBN 10: 1108738389 ISBN 13: 9781108738385
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 2019

Sinopsis

Why do we need the real numbers? How should we construct them? These questions arose in the nineteenth century, along with the ideas and techniques needed to address them. Nowadays it is commonplace for apprentice mathematicians to hear 'we shall assume the standard properties of the real numbers' as part of their training. But exactly what are those properties? And why can we assume them? This book is clearly and entertainingly written for those students, with historical asides and exercises to foster understanding. Starting with the natural (counting) numbers and then looking at the rational numbers (fractions) and negative numbers, the author builds to a careful construction of the real numbers followed by the complex numbers, leaving the reader fully equipped with all the number systems required by modern mathematical analysis. Additional chapters on polynomials and quarternions provide further context for any reader wanting to delve deeper.

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T. W. Körner is Emeritus Professor of Fourier Analysis at the University of Cambridge. His previous books include The Pleasures of Counting (Cambridge, 1996) and Fourier Analysis (Cambridge, 1988).

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Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
2019
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
1108738389
ISBN 13 
9781108738385
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Número de páginas
270
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