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Fermat's last theorem : unlocking the secret of an ancient mathematical problem / by Aczel, Amir D.(CARDINAL)768191;
Subjects: Fermat's last theorem.;
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Fermat's enigma : the epic quest to solve the world's greatest mathematical problem / by Singh, Simon.(CARDINAL)643460;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index.1300L
Subjects: Fermat's last theorem.;
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Fermat's enigma : the quest to solve the world's greatest mathematical problem / by Singh, Simon.(CARDINAL)643460;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index.1300L
Subjects: Wiles, Andrew.; Fermat's last theorem.;
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Fermat's enigma : the epic quest to solve the world's greatest mathematical problem / by Singh, Simon.(CARDINAL)643460;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index.1300L
Subjects: Wiles, Andrew.; Fermat's last theorem.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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The last theorem / by Clarke, Arthur C.(Arthur Charles),1917-2008.(CARDINAL)138311; Pohl, Frederik.(CARDINAL)139711;
When Ranjit Subramanian, a Sri Lankan with a special gift for mathematics, writes a three-page proof of Pierre de Fermat's last theorem, his achievement is hailed as a work of genius, bringing him fame and fortune. But it also brings him to the attention of the National Security Agency and a shadowy United Nations outfit called Pax per Fidem, or Peace Through Transparency, whose secretive workings belie its name. Suddenly Ranjit--together with his wife, Myra de Soyza, an expert in artificial intelligence, and their burgeoning family--finds himself swept up in world-shaking events, his genius for abstract mathematical thought put to uses that are both concrete and potentially deadly. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to anyone on Earth, an alien fleet is approaching the planet at a significant percentage of the speed of light. Their mission: to exterminate the dangerous species of primates known as homo sapiens.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Fermat's last theorem; Mathematicians; Physicists; Space vehicles;
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Discrete mathematics [videorecording] / by Benjamin, Arthur.(CARDINAL)362888; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Course workbook includes professor biography, acknowledgments, statement of course scope, lecture outline with suggested readings and questions to consider, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.Producer, Matt Costanza ; academic content supervisor, Jay Tate ; editors, Dan Shine, Zach Rhodes.Twenty-four thirty minute lectures by Dr. Arthur T. Benjamin, Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College.Discrete mathematics is a subject that--while off the beaten track--has vital applications in computer science, cryptography, engineering, and problem solving of all types. Discrete mathematics deals with quantities that can be broken into neat little pieces, like pixels on a computer screen, the letters or numbers in a password, or directions on how to drive from one place to another. Like a digital watch, discrete mathematics is that in which numbers proceed one at a time, resulting in fascinating mathematical results using relatively simple means, such as counting. This course delves into three of Discrete Mathematics most important fields: Combinatorics (the mathematics of counting), Number theory (the study of the whole numbers), and Graph theory (the relationship between objects in the most abstract sense). Professor Benjamin presents a generous selection of problems, proofs, and applications for the wide range of subjects and foci that are Discrete Mathematics.DVD.
Subjects: Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Educational films.; Video recordings.; Mathematics.; Combinatorial analysis.; Binomial coefficients.; Fibonacci numbers.; Factorials.; Fermat's last theorem.; Numbers, Prime.; Groups of divisibility.; Public key cryptography.; Matrices.; Markov processes.; Trees (Graph theory); Ramsey theory.; Computer science;
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Taming the infinite : the story of mathematics / by Stewart, Ian,1945-(CARDINAL)334292;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-376) and index.Tokens, tallies, and tablets -- The logic of shape -- Notations and numbers -- Lure of the unknown -- Eternal triangles -- Curves and coordinates -- Patterns in numbers -- The system of the world -- Patterns in nature -- Impossible quantities -- Firm foundations -- Impossible triangles -- The rise of symmetry -- Algebra comes of age -- Rubber sheet geometry -- The fourth dimension -- The shape of logic -- How likely is that? -- Number crunching -- Chaos and complexity.Beginning with the first Babylonian number symbols and concluding with Fermat's Last Theorem and chaos theory, Steward provides a history of mathematics and answers fundamental questions.
Subjects: Mathematics; Mathematicians;
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The queen of the sciences [videorecording] : a history of mathematics / by Bressoud, David M.,1950-; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Course workbook includes professor biography, acknowledgments, statement of course scope, lecture outline with suggested readings and questions to consider, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.Producer, Nelson J. Ginebra ; academic content supervisor, Nancy Eskridge ; editor, Dan Shine. ; consultants, Zachary H. Rhoades, Marcy McDonald.Twenty-four thirty minute lectures by Dr. David M. Bressoud, Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Macalester College.In the 17th century, scientist and mathematician Galileo Galilei noted that the book of nature "cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the characters in which it is written. It is written in the language of mathematics ... without which it is not humanly possible to understand a single word of it." The same feeling prompted German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss to call mathematics the "queen of the sciences" because of this success in uncovering the nature of physical reality. For at least 4,000 years of recorded history, humans have engaged in the study of mathematics, and this examination begins in ancient Mesopotamia and leads directly to the Human Genome Project, which uses sophisticated mathematical techniques to decipher the 3 billion letters of the human genetic code. Today quantum physics, string theory, chaos theory, information technology, and other mathematics-intensive disciplines that have transformed the way we understand and deal with the world.DVD.
Subjects: Educational films.; Lectures.; Nonfiction films.; Science films.; Video recordings.; Archimedes.; Euclid.; Hypatia, -415.; Carleson, Lennart.; Descartes, René, 1596-1650.; Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972.; Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.; Fermat, Pierre de, 1601-1665.; Fourier, Charles, 1772-1837.; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.; Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1777-1855.; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.; Napier, John, 1550-1617.; Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.; Ramanujan Aiyangar, Srinivasa, 1887-1920.; Riemann, Bernhard, 1826-1866.; Sylvester, James Joseph, 1814-1897.; Algebra.; Calculus.; Fermat's last theorem.; Geometry, Analytic.; Geometry, Differential.; Logarithms.; Mathematics, Ancient.; Mathematics, Medieval.; Mathematics; Mathematics; Mathematics; Mathematics; Mathematics; Mathematics; Mathematics; Trigonometry.;
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Pierre de Fermat / by Boutin, Chad.(CARDINAL)491024;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Early years -- Meeting the master -- Introduction to the Paris circle -- A stream from the south -- A comedy of errors -- The lure of pure numbers -- The shape of numbers -- Last theorem -- The world turns away -- Fermat's last days.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Fermat, Pierre de, 1601-1665.; Mathematicians; Number theory.;
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Algebra To Calculus : unlocking math's amazing power / by Goldsmith, Mike,1962-author.(CARDINAL)420964; Jackson, Tom,1972-editor.(CARDINAL)332335;
The Dawn of Algebra -- Proof -- The Pythagoreans -- The Algebra of Shapes -- The Prehistory of Calculus -- Equations -- The Third Dimension -- Algebra Moves East -- Cubics -- Sequences and Series -- Unreal Numbers -- The Rules of Algebra -- Finding the Maximum -- Algebraic Geometry -- Fermat's Last Theorem -- Pascal's Triangle -- Calculus -- Differential Equations -- e -- The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra -- The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus -- Groups -- Quaternions -- The Mathematics of Thought -- Abstract Algebra -- Paradoxes of Zeno, Russell, and Godel -- 7 Millennium Problems -- Calculus in Depth.Think math is boring? Think again! Algebra to Calculus: Unlocking Maths Amazing Power tells the story of algebra and calculus to explore the surprising, fascinating and sometimes mind-boggling evolution of mathematics through the ages. How do you make a decision with numbers? You have to use a kind of math called Boolean algebraits a little strange because it only ever uses two numbers 1 or 0, and 1+1 always equals 1. Despite this weirdness, this algebra is used to create the nanoscale circuits in every microchip. Do you want to know more? Written to engage, entertain and enthuse readers young and old, Algebra to Calculus: Unlocking Maths Amazing Power takes an entirely new approach to the wonderful world of mathematics. Along the way, readers will meet with geniuses, such as Diophantus and Newton, who figured out how to turn math problems into general techniques that worked whatever the situation. Readers will not only learn how computer chips process their programs, but also how a smartphone knows where it is, what the link is between snowflakes, cannonballs and wine barrels, and how Carl Gauss figured out how to add up all the numbers between 1 and 100 in less than a minutewhen he was just 10 years old! Algebra to Calculus: Unlocking Maths Amazing Power shows there is a lot more going on than just x + y = z.
Subjects: Algebra; Calculus; Mathematics;
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