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Nonplussed:

Mathematical Proof Of Implausible Ideas
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Princeton University Press, 2007 - 196 oldal

Math--the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions--usually produces reasonable results. But sometimes math generates astonishing paradoxes--conclusions that seem completely unreasonable or just plain impossible but that are nevertheless demonstrably true. Did you know that a losing sports team can become a winning one by adding worse players than its opponents? Or that the thirteenth of the month is more likely to be a Friday than any other day? Or that cones can roll unaided uphill? In Nonplussed!--a delightfully eclectic collection of paradoxes from many different areas of math--popular-math writer Julian Havil reveals the math that shows the truth of these and many other unbelievable ideas.

Nonplussed! pays special attention to problems from probability and statistics, areas where intuition can easily be wrong. These problems include the vagaries of tennis scoring, what can be deduced from tossing a needle, and disadvantageous games that form winning combinations. Other chapters address everything from the historically important Torricelli's Trumpet to the mind-warping implications of objects that live on high dimensions. Readers learn about the colorful history and people associated with many of these problems in addition to their mathematical proofs.

Nonplussed! will appeal to anyone with a calculus background who enjoys popular math books or puzzles.

  

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Review: Nonplussed!: Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas

Felhasználói ismertető  - Brandon - Goodreads

How'd this book get an average rating of 11 on a 5-star scale? Having mathematicians like your book probably helps with improbable things like that. Teljes értékelés elolvasása

Review: Nonplussed!: Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas

Felhasználói ismertető  - Mark Desrosiers - Goodreads

Julian Havil seems to be the math-geek equivalent of Ricky Jay: brain filled with obscure mathematical lore, always hunting for stuff that will amaze and astound you. Here, he focuses mostly on ... Teljes értékelés elolvasása

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Tartalomjegyzék

Three Tennis Paradoxes
4
The Uphill Roller
16
The Birthday Paradox
25
The Spin of a Table
37
Derangements
46
Conways Chequerboard Army
62
The Toss of a Needle
68
Torricellis Trumpet
82
Parrondos Games
115
Hyperdimensions
127
Friday the 13th
151
Fractran
162
THE MOTIFS
180
The InclusionExclusion Principle
187
The Binomial Inversion Formula
189
Surface Area and Arc Length
193

Nontransitive Effects
92
A Pursuit Problem
105
Index
195
Copyright

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A szerzőről (2007)

Julian Havil is the author of "Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant, Nonplussed!: Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas, and Impossible?: Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums" (all Princeton). He is a retired former master at Winchester College, England, where he taught mathematics for more than three decades.

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CímNonplussed: Mathematical Proof Of Implausible Ideas
SzerzőJulian Havil
Kiadásillusztrált
KiadóPrinceton University Press, 2007
ISBN0691120560, 9780691120560
Terjedelem196 oldal
  
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