Ingenuity in Mathematics (New Mathematical Library)
Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America
Published: August 27, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780883856239
Subjects: Mathematics; General; Mathematics / General; Graphic methods
First sentence: I can remember reading years ago that the probability of two positive integers, chosen at random, being relatively prime is 6/ 2.
Description: This book contains short, self-contained essays on elementary mathematics. Many describe work of outstanding mathematicians, Gauss among them, and show the incisiveness and ingenuity so characteristic of first rate mathematical work, no matter what the level.