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Algebra: A Very Short Introduction
Peter M. Higgins
Algebra marked the beginning of modern mathematics, moving it beyond arithmetic, which involves calculations featuring given numbers, to problems in which some quantities are unknown. Now, ...
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Combinatorics: A Very Short Introduction
Robin Wilson
Combinatorics is the branch of mathematics concerned with selecting, arranging, and listing or counting collections of objects. Dating back some 3000 years, and initially consisting mainly ...
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Fractals: A Very Short Introduction
Kenneth Falconer
Fractals: A Very Short Introduction looks at the roots of the ‘fractal revolution’ that occurred in mathematics in the 20th century. It presents the ‘new geometry’ of fractals, ...
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Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
Timothy Gowers
The aim of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction is to explain, carefully but not technically, the differences between advanced, research-level mathematics, and the sort of mathematics we ...
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Networks: A Very Short Introduction
Guido Caldarelli and Michele Catanzaro
Networks: A Very Short Introduction considers the basic elements of network theory and its applications using everyday examples from society, technology, nature, and history. ...
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Number Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Robin Wilson
Number Theory: A Very Short Introduction explains the branch of mathematics primarily concerned with the counting numbers, 1, 2, 3, …. Long considered one of the most ...
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Numbers: A Very Short Introduction
Peter M. Higgins
Numbers: A very Short Introduction unravels the world of numbers; demonstrating its richness, and providing a comprehensive view of the idea of the number. This VSI paints a picture of the ...
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Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction
Ian Stewart
Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction provides an introduction to the formal theory of symmetry: group theory. Now a branch of abstract algebra, this subject first arose in the ...
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Topology: A Very Short Introduction
Richard Earl
Topology, the mathematical study of the properties that are preserved through the deformations, twistings, and stretchings of objects, is an important area of modern mathematics. Topology: ...
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Trigonometry: A Very Short Introduction
Glen Van Brummelen
Trigonometry: A Very Short Introduction draws together the full history of trigonometry, stretching across two millennia and several cultures such as ancient Greece, medieval ...
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