Widely regarded as a classic of modern mathematics, this expanded version of Felix Klein's celebrated 1894 lectures uses contemporary techniques to examine three famous problems of antiquity: doubling the volume of a cube, trisecting an angle, and squaring a circle. Today's students will find this volume of particular interest in its answers to such questions as: Under what circumstances is a geometric construction possible? By what means can a geometric construction be effected? What are transcendental numbers, and how can ...
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Widely regarded as a classic of modern mathematics, this expanded version of Felix Klein's celebrated 1894 lectures uses contemporary techniques to examine three famous problems of antiquity: doubling the volume of a cube, trisecting an angle, and squaring a circle. Today's students will find this volume of particular interest in its answers to such questions as: Under what circumstances is a geometric construction possible? By what means can a geometric construction be effected? What are transcendental numbers, and how can you prove that "e" and "pi "are transcendental? The straightforward treatment requires no higher knowledge of mathematics. Unabridged reprint of the classic 1930 second edition.
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1930. G E Stechert & Co. 2nd edition. Hard cover. Book-VG, gilt titles on spine and front cover, edges rubbed. 7.5x5. 92pp. Numerous b/w diagrams throughout. Ex-libris.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Blue hardcover. Very good a few ex-library stamps on top edge, and inside rear cover. Tightly bound and clean with unmarked text.
