Curves for the Mathematically Curious : : An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful, and Romantic /

Curves for the Mathematically Curious : : An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful, and Romantic / / Julian Havil.

Ten amazing curves personally selected by one of today's most important math writersCurves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfully curated collection of ten mathematical curves, selected by Julian Havil for their significance, mathematical interest, and beauty. Each chapter gives an ac...

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Havil, Julian,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 125 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One. The Euler Spiral
  • Chapter Two. The Weierstrass Curve
  • Chapter Three. Bézier Curves
  • Chapter Four.66 The Rectangular Hyperbola
  • Chapter Five. The Quadratrix of Hippias
  • Chapter Six. Two Space-Filling Curves
  • Chapter Seven. Curves of Constant Width
  • Chapter Eight. The Normal Curve
  • Chapter Nine. The Catenary
  • Chapter Ten. Elliptic Curves
  • Perhaps the Most Important Curve of All
  • Appendix A. The Title Page
  • Appendix B. Conics Encapsulated
  • Appendix C. A Trigonometric Variant for the Bézier Curve
  • Appendix D. Envelopes
  • Appendix E. The Mathematics of an Arch
  • Appendix F. The Simple Pendulum
  • Appendix G. Fibonacci's Method
  • References
  • Index

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