Irrationality and Transcendence in Number Theory |
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| Author:
| Angell, David |
| ISBN: | 978-1-000-52373-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2021 |
| Publisher: | CRC Press LLC
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| Imprint: | Chapman & Hall/CRC |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $99.95USD $150.00USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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This book tells the story of irrational numbers from their discovery in the days of Pythagoras to the ideas behind the work of Baker and Mahler on transcendence in the 20th century. It focuses on themes of irrationality, algebraic and transcendental numbers, continued fractions, approximation of real numbers by rationals, etc.
This book tells the story of irrational numbers from their discovery in the days of Pythagoras to the ideas behind the work of Baker and Mahler on transcendence in the 20th century. It focuses on themes of irrationality, algebraic and transcendental numbers, continued fractions, approximation of real numbers by rationals, etc.