How Euler Did Even More
- Author: C. Edward Sandifer, Western Connecticut State University
- Date Published: April 2015
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780883855843
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C. Edward Sandifer has been studying Euler for decades and is one of the world's leading experts on his work. This book is the second collection of Sandifer's 'How Euler Did It' columns. Each is a jewel of historical and mathematical exposition. The sum total of years of work and study of the most prolific mathematician in history, this volume will leave the reader marveling at Euler's clever inventiveness, which Sandifer explicates and puts in context.
Read more- A collection of columns by one of the world's leading Euler scholars
- A sequel to Sandifer's popular book How Euler Did It
- The columns are self-contained and give context, as well as detail, to every topic discussed
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- Date Published: April 2015
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780883855843
- length: 247 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 178 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.45kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Geometry:
1. The Euler line
2. A forgotten Fermat problem
3. A product of secants
4. Curves and paradox
5. Did Euler prove Cramer's Rule?
Part II. Number Theory:
6. Factoring F5
7. Rational trigonometry
8. Sums (and differences) that are squares
Part III. Combinatorics:
9. St Petersburg paradox
10. Life and death – part 1
11. Life and death – part 2
Part IV. Analysis:
12. e, π and i: why is 'Euler' in the Euler identity
13. Multi-zeta functions
14. Sums of powers
15. A theorem of Newton
16. Estimating π
17. Nearly a cosine series
18. A series of trigonometric powers
19. Gamma the function
20. Gamma the constant
21. Partial fractions
22. Inexplicable functions
23. A false logarithm series
24. Introduction to complex variables
25. The Moon and the differential
Part V. Applied Mathematics:
26. Density of air
27. Bending light
28. Saws and modeling
29. PDEs of fluids
30. Euler and gravity
Part VI. Euleriana:
31. Euler and the hollow earth: fact or fiction?
32. Fallible Euler
33. Euler and the pirates
34. Euler as a teacher – part 1
35. Euler as a teacher – part 2
Index
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