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Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; PREFACE; PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; PART I - THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE; I. Playing with fingers; 2. The 'temperature charts' of the operations; 3. The parcelling out of the infinite number series; 4. The Sorcerer's Apprentice; 5. Variations on a fundamental theme; 6. We go through all possibilities; 7. Colouring the grey number series; 8. 'I have thought of a number'; PART II - THE CREATIVE ROLE OF FORM; 9. Diverging numbers; 10. Limitless density; 11. We catch Infinity again; 12. The line is filled up. 13. The charts get smoothed out14. Mathematics is one; 15. 'Write it down' elements; 16. Some workshop secrets; 17. 'Many small make a great'; PART III - THE SELF-CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON; 18. And still there are different kinds of Mathematics; 19. The building rocks; Case (1). The lion is at rest.; Case (2). The lion is moving.; 20. Form becomes independent; 21. Awaiting judgement by metamathematics; 22. What is Mathematics not capable of?; After Use. This popular account of the many mathematical concepts relating to infinity is one of the best introductions to this subject and to the entire field of mathe

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Author

Péter, Rózsa

Publisher

Dover Publications, Incorporated

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780000110008

Category

science

Subjects

Mathematics, Fiction, Science