Negative Math

Negative Math PDF Author: Alberto A. Martínez
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691123097
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Book Description
Explores controversies in the history of numbers, especially the so-called negative and ''impossible'' numbers. This book uses history, puzzles, and lively debates to demonstrate how it is possible to devise new artificial systems of mathematical rules. It contends that departures from traditional rules can even be the basis for new applications.