The concept of factorization, familiar in the ordinary system of whole numbers that can be written as a unique product of prime numbers, plays a central role in modern mathematics and its applications. This exposition of the classic theory leads the reader to an understanding of…
Reproduction électronique de : Mathematics by experiment / Jonathan M. Borwein, David H. Bailey. --x, 288 p. (2004) ; Experimentation in mathematics / Jonathan M. Borwein, David H. Bailey, Roland Girgensohn. --x, 357 p. (2004).
"Ordinary Things can Lie Around unnoticed until someone comes along whose poetic imagination makes the vital connections and uncovers the riches lying concealed in their depths. Grace Dane Mazur has created an inspired figure, writing with sensitivity and passion as she finds in…
