An imaginary tale (Record no. 55798)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20191022142430.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9788173713996 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 515.9 NAH |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nahin, Paul J. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An imaginary tale |
| Remainder of title | : the story of [the square root] -1 |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Paul J Nahin |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Princeton ; Woodstock |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | : Princeton University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | XXIV, 267 str. |
| Other physical details | : ilustr. |
| Dimensions | ; 24 cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Contents note | <TABLE><TR><TD> <TD>List of Illustrations <TR><TD>Ch. 1 <TD>The Puzzles of Imaginary Numbers <TR><TD>Ch. 2 <TD>A First Try at Understanding the Geometry of [the square root of] -1 <TR><TD>Ch. 3 <TD>The Puzzles Start to Clear <TR><TD>Ch. 4 <TD>Using Complex Numbers <TR><TD>Ch. 5 <TD>More Uses of Complex Numbers <TR><TD>Ch. 6 <TD>Wizard Mathematics <TR><TD>Ch. 7 <TD>The Nineteenth Century, Cauchy, and the Beginning of Complex Function Theory <TR><TD>App. A <TD>The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra <TR><TD>App. B <TD>The Complex Roots of a Transcendental Equation <TR><TD>App. C <TD>([the square root of] -1)[superscript [square root of] -1] to 135 Decimal Places, and How It Was Computed <TR><TD> <TD>Notes <TR><TD> <TD>Name Index <TR><TD> <TD>Subject Index <TR><TD> <TD>Acknowledgments |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | 515 Analysis |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Numbers, Complex. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nahin, Paul J. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Mathematics Departmental Library |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Mathematics Departmental Library | SNU LIBRARY | 22/10/2019 | 515.9 NAH | M024 | 22/10/2019 | 22/10/2019 | Mathematics Departmental Library |
