An imaginary tale

Nahin, Paul J.

An imaginary tale : the story of [the square root] -1 / Paul J Nahin - Princeton ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007. - XXIV, 267 str. : ilustr. ; 24 cm

List of Illustrations
Ch. 1 The Puzzles of Imaginary Numbers
Ch. 2 A First Try at Understanding the Geometry of [the square root of] -1
Ch. 3 The Puzzles Start to Clear
Ch. 4 Using Complex Numbers
Ch. 5 More Uses of Complex Numbers
Ch. 6 Wizard Mathematics
Ch. 7 The Nineteenth Century, Cauchy, and the Beginning of Complex Function Theory
App. A The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
App. B The Complex Roots of a Transcendental Equation
App. C ([the square root of] -1)[superscript [square root of] -1] to 135 Decimal Places, and How It Was Computed
Notes
Name Index
Subject Index
Acknowledgments

Tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i. This book weaves into the historical facts and mathematical discussions, including the application of complex numbers and functions to problems, such as Kepler's laws of planetary motion and ac electrical circuits

9788173713996


Mathematics
515 Analysis
Numbers, Complex.

515.9 NAH
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