The Best Writing on Mathematics 2021
1st Edition
Published on 28. July 2022
320 pages
978-0-691-22572-2 (ISBN)
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Mircea Pitici
The Best Writing on Mathematics 2021
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07/2022
Princeton University Press
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Mircea Pitici teaches mathematics at Syracuse University and has edited The Best Writing on Mathematics since 2010. Twitter @MPitici
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Introduction
- Lockdown Mathematics: A Historical Perspective
- Cryptocurrencies: Protocols for Consensus
- Logical Accidents and the Problem of the Inside Corner
- Cosmatesque Design and Complex Analysis
- Nullstellenfont
- Hyperbolic Flowers
- Embodied Geometry in Early Modern Theatre
- Modeling Dynamical Systems for 3D Printing
- Scientists Uncover the Universal Geometry of Geology
- Bouncing Balls and Quantum Computing
- Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades through Physics and Math
- Dark Data
- Analysis in an Imperfect World
- A Headache-Causing Problem
- A Zeroth Power Is Often a Logarithm Yearning to Be Free
- The Bicycle Paradox
- Tricolor Pyramids
- Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come from a Century-Old Approach to Math
- The Role of History in the Study of Mathematics
- "All of These Political Questions": Anticommunism, Racism, and the Origin of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society
- Reasoning as a Mathematical Habit of Mind
- Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics-How Are We Doing? Roger Howe
- Tips for Undergraduate Research Supervisors
- Color Insert
- "The Infinite Is the Chasm in Which Our Thoughts Are Lost": Reflections on Sophie Germain's Essays
- Who Owns the Theorem?
- A Close Call: How a Near Failure Propelled Me to Succeed
- Contributors
- Notable Writings
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
