Table of Contents Title Page Dedication the disappearing columns of saint peter’s square who really chooses whom—x, y or z? digital forensics boids & birds getting a glimpse of the mathematical world[.]
Table of Contents Title Page Dedication the disappearing columns of saint peter’s square who really chooses whom—x, y or z? digital forensics boids & birds getting a glimpse of the mathematical world of salvador dali math or magic? the alhambra & the american institute of mathematics einstein’s cosmological constant blunder? the big box for the smallest fabrications dancing with the numbers bridges that go anywhere networking is not schmoozing mathematics for math’s sake zeno’s “zany” paradoxes & more a closer look zeno’s dichotomy, achilles & the tortoise, stade paradoxes riemann hypothesis and more math surfaces in case of lies polling & mathematics juggling mathematics what’s so special about random numbers? the elusive black swan voting paradoxes the 4-color map problem’s quirky twist the road to chess computers & random numbers the grand canyon & randomness the problem that determined gauss’ career π’s rock star status Glimpses of Genius by Erica Klarreich Science News, May 15, 2004 Copyright © 2008 by Theoni Pappas All rights reserved No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means without written permission from Wide World Publishing/Tetra Some topics in Mathematical Snippets were originally published in non-book form Wide World Publishing/Tetra P.O Box 476 San Carlos, CA 94070 webs ite: http://www.wideworldpublishing.com 1st Printing June 2008 eISBN : 978-1-884-55049-2 ... copied in any form or by any means without written permission from Wide World Publishing/Tetra Some topics in Mathematical Snippets were originally published in non-book form Wide World Publishing/Tetra... american institute of mathematics einstein’s cosmological constant blunder? the big box for the smallest fabrications dancing with the numbers bridges that go anywhere networking is not schmoozing... hypothesis and more math surfaces in case of lies polling & mathematics juggling mathematics what’s so special about random numbers? the elusive black swan voting paradoxes the 4-color map problem’s