Illustrating Mathematics by Diana Davis
This book is for anyone who wishes to illustrate their mathematical ideas, which in our experience means everyone. It is organized by material, rather than by subject area, and purposefully emphasizes the process of creating things, including discussions of failures that occurred along the way. As a result, the reader can learn from the experiences of those who came before, and will be inspired to create their own illustrations. Topics illustrated within include prime numbers, fractals, the Klein bottle, Borromean rings, tilings, space-filling curves, knot theory, billiards, complex dynamics, algebraic surfaces, groups and prime ideals, the Riemann zeta function, quadratic fields, hyperbolic space, and hyperbolic 3-manifolds. Everyone who opens this book should find a type of mathematics with which they identify. Each contributor explains the mathematics behind their illustration at an accessible level, so that all readers can appreciate the beauty of both the object itself and the mathematics behind it.
Diana Davis, Swarthmore College, PA
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| ISBN 13 | 9781470461225 |
| ISBN 10 | 1470461226 |
| Title | Illustrating Mathematics |
| Author | Diana Davis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | American Mathematical Society |
| Year published | 2021-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 171 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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