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The New Book of Prime Number Records (Computers and Medicine)
Paulo Ribenboim
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Description for The New Book of Prime Number Records (Computers and Medicine)
Hardcover. Mit drei Auflagen in funf Jahren wirklich ein Buch der Rekorde! Alles, was Mathematiker heute uber Primzahlen wissen, wird in diesem Buch mit Sachkenntnis, Humor und padagogischem Geschick beschrieben. Num Pages: 541 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBH; PBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 240 x 37. Weight in Grams: 968.
This text originated as a lecture delivered November 20, 1984, at Queen's University, in the undergraduate colloquium senes. In another colloquium lecture, my colleague Morris Orzech, who had consulted the latest edition of the Guinness Book of Records, reminded me very gently that the most "innumerate" people of the world are of a certain trible in Mato Grosso, Brazil. They do not even have a word to express the number "two" or the concept of plurality. "Yes, Morris, I'm from Brazil, but my book will contain numbers different from ·one.''' He added that the most boring 800-page book is by ... Read more
This text originated as a lecture delivered November 20, 1984, at Queen's University, in the undergraduate colloquium senes. In another colloquium lecture, my colleague Morris Orzech, who had consulted the latest edition of the Guinness Book of Records, reminded me very gently that the most "innumerate" people of the world are of a certain trible in Mato Grosso, Brazil. They do not even have a word to express the number "two" or the concept of plurality. "Yes, Morris, I'm from Brazil, but my book will contain numbers different from ·one.''' He added that the most boring 800-page book is by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
541
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387944579
SKU
V9780387944579
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Reviews for The New Book of Prime Number Records (Computers and Medicine)
Third Edition P. Ribenboim The New Book of Prime Number Records "A number-theoretical version of the Guinness Book of Records . . . There is much mathematics to be found in these pages. These are records given here as well. This book is written with much wit. Experts may not find much that is ... Read more