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Gamma. Exploring Euler's Constant (Princeton Science Library) [Englisch] [Gebundene Ausgabe]

Julian Havil (Autor)
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  • Gebundene Ausgabe: 266 Seiten
  • Verlag: Princeton University Press; Auflage: illustrated edition (17. März 2003)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN-10: 0691099839
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691099835
  • Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,6 x 16,3 x 2,8 cm
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  • Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 199.259 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)

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[A] wonderful book... Havil's emphasis on historical context and his conversational style make this a pleasure to read... Gamma is a gold mine of irresistible mathematical nuggets. Anyone with a serious interest in maths will find it richly rewarding. -- Ben Longstaff, New Scientist This book is a joy from start to finish. -- Gerry Leversha, Mathematical Gazette [Gamma] is not a book about mathematics, but a book of mathematics... [It] is something like a picaresque novel; the hero, Euler's constant g, serves as the unifying motif through a wide range of mathematical adventures. -- Dan Segal, Notices of the American Mathematical Society The book is enjoyable for many reasons. Here are just two. First, the explanations are not only complete, but they have the right amount of generality... Second, the pleasure Havil has in contemplating this material is infectious. -- Jeremy Gray, MAA Online It is only fitting that someone should write a book about gamma, or Euler's constant. Havil takes on this task and does an excellent job. -- Choice This book is accessible to a wide range of readers, and should particularly appeal to those who feel a love for mathematics and are dissuaded by the dryness and formality of text-books, but are also not satisfied by the less rigorous approach of most popular books. Mathematics is presented throughout as something connected to reality... Many readers will find in this book exactly what they have been missing. -- Mohammad Akbar, Plus Magazine This book is written in an informal, engaging, and often amusing style. The author takes pains to make the mathematics clear. He writes about the mathematical geniuses of the past with reverence and awe. It is especially nice that the mathematical topics are discussed within a historical context. -- Ward R. Stewart, Mathematics Teacher

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Among the myriad of constants that appear in mathematics, p, e, and i are the most familiar. Following closely behind is g, or gamma, a constant that arises in many mathematical areas yet maintains a profound sense of mystery. In a tantalizing blend of history and mathematics, Julian Havil takes the reader on a journey through logarithms and the harmonic series, the two defining elements of gamma, toward the first account of gamma's place in mathematics. Introduced by the Swiss mathematician, Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), who figures prominently in this book, gamma is defined as the limit of the sum of 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + ...up to 1/n, minus the natural logarithm of n - the numerical value being 0.5772156...But unlike its more celebrated colleagues p and e, the exact nature of gamma remains a mystery - we don't even know if gamma can be expressed as a fraction. Among the numerous topics that arise during this historical odyssey into fundamental mathematical ideas are the Prime Number Theorem and the most important open problem in mathematics today - the Riemann Hypothesis (though no proof of either is offered!). Sure to be popular with not only students and instructors but all math aficionados, "Gamma" takes us through countries, centuries, lives, and works, unfolding along the way the stories of some remarkable mathematics from some remarkable mathematicians.
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Who would have thought!? 27. Juni 2003
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Who would have thought that there can be so much life in a constant? And one with a Greek name! If you have some math interests, I predict that you will get caught up in the thread of events: They are mathematical topics, but are presented like in a novel or a drama. A book that I couldn't put down. The main characters are the harmonic series, the sub-harmonic series, Riemann's Zeta function, its functional equation, its zeros, the Riemann hypothesis(it is worth a million dollars!), the prime number theorem, (..hard stuff! but it somehow seems easy in this book),Bernoulli numbers, Pell's equation, the distribution of prime numbers.... And if you forgot some of your math, you will have it reviewed in the appendices. They are attractive, well written, and to the point.
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Who would have thought that there can be so much life in a constant? And one with a Greek name! If you have some math interests, I predict that you will get caught up in the thread of events: They are mathematical topics, but are presented like in a novel or a drama. A book that I couldn't put down. The main characters are the harmonic series, the sub-harmonic series, Riemann's Zeta function, its functional equation, its zeros, the Riemann hypothesis(it is worth a million dollars!), the prime number theorem, (..hard stuff! but it somehow seems easy in this book),Bernoulli numbers, Pell's equation, the distribution of prime numbers.... And if you forgot some of your math, you will have it reviewed in the appendices. They are attractive, well written, and to the point.
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Far-reaching, but not "popular math" 2. März 2004
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I debated for a while whether this book deserved four stars or five. There's a lot of very interesting material here: if there's one thing this book does--perhaps better than any book I've read in quite some time--is show just how interrelated far-flung mathematical concepts can be (how are the prime numbers related to pi, for example?).

My one complaint about the book--and the reason for giving it four stars instead of five--is that there are times when the formulae and notation get so dense that it's extremely difficult to follow the author's train of thought: I can think of a number of places where diagrams would have helped immensely. Likewise, since there's no list of symbols or formulae, it's not a book that you can simply browse through, in the sense that you can browse through, say, "A Brief History of Time."

Finally, let me reiterate that this book assumes that you already know a fair amount of math: if you don't know what a capital pi means, for example, you're probably going to have a hard time understanding this book. But if you *do* know what that symbol means, though, then by all means, give this book a try.

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This would make an excellent alternative "Calc III" 15. Februar 2004
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I agree wholeheartedly with all the positive comments and enthusiasm that other reviewers have shown. This is a remarkable book, and there should be more like it. I am astounded at how much and what range of mathematics there is in a book of this length and level of accessbility. Which raises a very good point: This would be a superb book for "Calc III". It's unfortunate that many students end their study of mathematics slugging through integration by parts, partial fractions, sequences and series, the logarithm as integral, etc., the traditional hodge-podge of topics called Calculus II. And the ones who progress end up going straight into multivariable calculus with its div, grad, curl, and all that. There is never really any reward for all the work in hacking through Calc II. This book, however, would tie so much of it together, it would all suddenly seem so mysteriously connected and beautiful, and the reader (I hope) would want to go on to Complex Analysis. Thank you, Prof. Havil! I hope you find the proof to the Riemann Hypothesis.
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