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Mathematical Constants II (Hardcover)
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Mathematical Constants II (Hardcover)
Series: Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications
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Famous mathematical constants include the ratio of circular
circumference to diameter, = 3.14 ..., and the natural logarithm
base, e = 2.718 .... Students and professionals can often name a
few others, but there are many more buried in the literature and
awaiting discovery. How do such constants arise, and why are they
important? Here the author renews the search he began in his book
Mathematical Constants, adding another 133 essays that broaden the
landscape. Topics include the minimality of soap film surfaces,
prime numbers, elliptic curves and modular forms, Poisson-Voronoi
tessellations, random triangles, Brownian motion, uncertainty
inequalities, Prandtl-Blasius flow (from fluid dynamics), Lyapunov
exponents, knots and tangles, continued fractions, Galton-Watson
trees, electrical capacitance (from potential theory), Zermelo's
navigation problem, and the optimal control of a pendulum. Unsolved
problems appear virtually everywhere as well. This volume continues
an outstanding scholarly attempt to bring together all significant
mathematical constants in one place.
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