| Description |
ix, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Greek beginnings -- The route to Germany -- Two new irrationals -- Irrationals, old and new -- A very special irrational -- From the rational to the transcendental -- Transcendentals -- Continued fractions revisited -- The question and problem of randomness -- One question, three answers -- Does irrationality matter? -- Appendix A: The spiral of Theodorus -- Appendix B: Rational parameterizations of the circle -- Appendix C: Two properties of continued fractions -- Appendix D: Finding the tomb of Roger Apery -- Appendix E: Equivalence relations -- Appendix F: The mean value theorem. |
| Subject |
Irrational numbers.
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Numbers, Real.
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| ISBN |
9780691143422 (alk. paper) |
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0691143420 (alk. paper) |
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