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Dr Euler's Fabulous Formula Cures Many Mathematical Ills

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By: Paul J Nahin(Author)
404 pages
Dr Euler's Fabulous Formula
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  • Dr Euler's Fabulous Formula ISBN: 9780691118222 Hardback May 2006 Out of Print #160173
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In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex that it continues to inspire research, discussion, and even the occasional limerick. Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula shares the fascinating story of this groundbreaking formula – long regarded as the gold standard for mathematical beauty – and shows why it still lies at the heart of complex number theory.

Dr Euler's Fabulous Formula is the sequel to Paul Nahin's An Imaginary Tale: The Story of I [the square root of -1], which chronicled the events leading up to the discovery of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one. Unlike the earlier book, which devoted a significant amount of space to the historical development of complex numbers, Dr. Euler begins with discussions of many sophisticated applications of complex numbers in pure and applied mathematics, and to electronic technology. The topics covered span a huge range, from a never-before-told tale of an encounter between the famous mathematician G. H. Hardy and the physicist Arthur Schuster, to a discussion of the theoretical basis for single-sideband AM radio, to the design of chase-and-escape problems.

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Paul J. Nahin is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers, When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible, and An Imaginary Tale: The Story of!-1 (all Princeton). Nahin is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. He and his wife Pat live with three enormous tabby cats in a country cape in Lee, New Hampshire.

Popular Science Out of Print
By: Paul J Nahin(Author)
404 pages
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Nahin includes gems from all over mathematics, ranging from engineering applications to beautiful pure-mathematical identities. Most of his topics lie just beyond the periphery of a typical mathematics course: they are facts, such as the irrationality of pi, that you may have heard of but never had explained in detail. It would be good to have more books like this. othy Gowers,"Nature Nahin's tale of the formula e[pi] i+1=0, which links five of the most important numbers in mathematics, is remarkable. With a plethora of historical and anecdotal material and a knack for linking events and facts, he gives the reader a strong sense of what drove mathematicians like Euler. -- Matthew Killeya New Scientist What a treasure of a book this is! This is the fourth enthusiastic, informative, and delightful book Paul Nahin has written about the beauties of various areas of mathematics... This book is a marvelous tribute to Euler's genius and those who built upon it and would make a great present for students of mathematics, physics, and engineering and their professors. Paul Nahin's name has been added to my list of those with whom I wouldn't mind being stranded on a desert island--not only would he be informative and entertaining, but he would probably be able to rig a signaling device from sea water and materials strewn along the beach. -- Henry Ricardo MAA Reviews The heart and soul of the book are the final three chapters on Fourier series, Fourier integrals, and related engineering. One can recommend them to all applied math students for their historical development and sensible content. -- Robert E. O'Malley, Jr. SIAM Review It is very difficult to sum up the greatness of Euler... This excellent book goes a long way to explaining the kind of mathematician he really was. Mathematics Today

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