The Number Pi

ISBN-13: 9780821832462 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 322 str.

Jean-Pierre Lafon

Opis

Traces the thread of $pi$ through the long history of mathematics. This book touches upon many major subjects in mathematics: geometry (of course), number theory, Galois theory, probability, transcendental numbers, analysis, and, as their crown jewel, the theory of elliptic functions, which connects many of the other subjects.