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.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Havil, Julian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton Princeton University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Curves.
MATHEMATICS / Geometry / General.
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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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