An imaginary tale
the story of [the square root of minus one]
Edición de la obra An imaginary tale
| Autor | Paul J. Nahin |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Princeton University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1998 |
| Lugar | Princeton, N.J |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 257 |
| ISBN-10 | 0691027951 |
| OCLC | 38147840 |
| LCCN | 97052082 |
| Número de Cutter | N153i |
In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i, re-creating the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up and the colorful characters who tried to solve them. Addressing readers with both a general and scholarly interest in mathematics, Nahin weaves into this narrative entertaining historical facts, mathematical discussions, and the application of complex numbers and functions to important problems.