Diversions in modern mathematics

This book has developed from a series of lectures designed to supplement and enrich a sixth form mathematics course. The contents comprise a well ordered progression of mathematics problems, intersperse with questions for the reader to answer, on topics such as the winding function, infinity, tessellations, and constructions of the rational numbers.

 

 

 

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Subject(s)Mathematics
Author(s)Barry Lewis
Age16-19, FE/HE
Published1981
Published by
Shelf referenceA511 LEW
ISN/ISBN978-0435516000
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/xfhjf

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