Ingenuity in Mathematics (New Mathematical Library)

This book contains short, self-contained essays on elementary mathematics. Many describe work of outstanding mathematicians, Gauss among them, and show the incisiveness and ingenuity so characteristic of first rate mathematical work, no matter what the level.

First sentence: I can remember reading years ago that the probability of two positive integers, chosen at random, being relatively prime is 6/ 2.

Year

1998

Language

English

Publisher

The Mathematical Association of America

Editions

1

Pages

216

ISBN

9780883856239

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