The Lore of Large Numbers /
| Основен автор: | Davis, Philip J. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Серия: |
Anneli Lax new mathematical library.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=450351 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Lore of Large Numbers. |
Съдържание:
- ""Front Cover""; ""The Lore of Large Numbers""; ""Copyright Page""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Preface""; ""PART I: LARGE NUMBERS AND THEIR ARITHMETIC""; ""1. Numbers in the World""; ""2. The Principal Uses of Numbers""; ""3. The World of Numbers""; ""4. Writing Numbers""; ""5. Powers and Exponents""; ""6. The Names of Really Large Numbers""; ""7. The Law of Exponents""; ""8. Scientific Notation""; ""9. How Large Is Large?""; ""10. Approximate Numbers and Orders of Magnitude""; ""11. Approximate Computation""; ""12. The Rough Art of Estimation""; ""13. Small Numbers""; ""14. Why Negative Exponents?""
- ""15. The Large and the Small""""16. Division by Zero: The Road to Paradox""; ""PART II: LARGE NUMBERS AT WORK""; ""17. The Long Long Trail of π""; ""18. The Long Trail Continued: Computing Machines Meet Normal Numbers""; ""19. Back Over the Trail""; ""20. The Personality of Numbers""; ""21. Casting Out Nines; The Number Theory of Residues""; ""22. The Hardest of the Simple Problems""; ""23. Infinities Beyond Infinity: The Growth of Sequences""; ""24. Atomic Numbers, Astronomical Numbers, and Where Is Man?""; ""Appendices""; ""I. Some Selected Magnitudes in Science""
- ""II. Weights, Measures, and Equivalents""""III. Formulas for Measurement""; ""Answers to Selected Problems""; ""Bibliography""