Lost in the Math Museum

ISBN-13: 9781470468583 / Miękka / 2022 / 209 str.

Colin Adams

Spis treści

• A story to tell
• The hotel
• The hairy ball
• Let's make a deal
• The barber
• The Hilbert curve
• The prime shop
• The Wierstrass function
• A ham sandwich
• Monty Hall redux
• The salesman
• Hilbert hotel redux
• On principle
• Ellie
• The mountain
• On the surface
• A journey
• A random reunion
• An apology
• The mathemagician
• The sphere
• The hypothesis
• The cipher
• Appendices: More on Chapter 1 A story to tell
• More on Chapter 2 The hotel
• More on Chapter 3 The hairy ball
• More on Chapter 4 Let's make a deal
• More on Chapter 5 The barber shop
• More on Chapter 6 The Hilbert curve
• More on Chapter 7 The prime shop
• More on Chapter 8 The Wierstrass function
• More on Chapter 9 A ham sandwich
• More on Chapter 10 The Monty Hall redux
• More on Chapter 11 The salesman
• More on Chapter 12 The Hilbert hotel redux
• More on Chapter 13 On principle
• More on Chapter 14 Ellie
• More on Chapter 15 The mountain
• More on Chapter 16 on the surface
• More on Chapter 17 A journey
• More on Chapter 18 A random reunion
• More on Chapter 19 An apology
• More on Chapter 20 The mathemagician
• More on Chapter 21 The sphere
• More on Chapter 22 The hypothesis
• More on Chapter 23 The cipher
• Index