Michael Henle

Gebundenes Buch

Which Numbers Are Real?

Beschreibung

Everyone knows the real numbers, those fundamental quantities that make possible all of mathematics; and also serve as the basis for measurement in science, industry, and ordinary life. This book surveys alternative real number systems: systems that generalize and extend the real numbers yet stay close to these properties that make the reals central to mathematics.

Autor

Michael Henle is Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Oberlin College and has had two visiting appointments, at Howard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as two semesters teaching in London in Oberlin's own program. He is the author of two books: A Combinatorial Introduction to Topology (W. H. Freeman and Co., 1978, reissued by Dover Publications, 1994) and Modern Geometries: The Analytic Approach (Prentice-Hall, 1996). He is currently editor of The College Mathematics Journal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
• Seitenzahl: 229
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780883857779
• ISBN-10: 0883857774
• Artikelnr.: 36617144