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Math girls
Title:
Math girls
Author:
Yūki, Hiroshi, author.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Sūgaku gāru. English
Edition:
Second edition.
Publication Information:
Austin, TX : Bento Books, 2012.
Physical Description:
286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary:
"Combining mathematical rigor with light romance, Math Girls is a unique introduction to advanced mathematics, delivered through the eyes of three students as they learn to deal with problems seldom found in textbooks."--back cover.
General Note:
Originally published 2007 in Japan by Softbank Creative Corp., Tokyo.
Language:
English
Contents:
To my readers -- Prologue -- Sequences and patterns -- Equations and love letters -- Shapes in the shadows -- Generating functions -- Arithmetic and geometric means -- The discrete world -- Generalizations -- Harmonic numbers -- Taylor series and the basel problem -- Partitions -- Recommended reading.
ISBN:
9780983951308

9780983951315
Format :
Book