Imaginary Tale

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Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. 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. He recreates the baffling mathematica...

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Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. 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. He recreates the baffling mathematica...

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  • Formats: pdf
  • ISBN: 9781400833894
  • Publication Date: 22 Feb 2010
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Product language: English
  • Drm Setting: DRM