Curves for the mathematically curious : an anthology of the unpredictable, historical, beautiful, and romantic /
Ten amazing curves personally selected by one of today's most important math writersCurves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfully curated collection of ten mathematical curves, selected by Julian Havil for their significance, mathematical interest, and beauty. Each chapter gives an ac...
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Princeton University Press,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. The Euler Spiral
- Chapter Two. The Weierstrass Curve
- Chapter Three. Bézier Curves
- Chapter Four. 66 The Rectangular Hyperbola
- Chapter Five. The Quadratrix of Hippias
- Chapter Six. Two Space-Filling Curves
- Chapter Seven. Curves of Constant Width
- Chapter Eight. The Normal Curve
- Chapter Nine. The Catenary
- Chapter Ten. Elliptic Curves
- Perhaps the Most Important Curve of All
- Appendix A. The Title Page
- Appendix B. Conics Encapsulated
- Appendix C.A Trigonometric Variant for the Bézier Curve
- Appendix D. Envelopes
- Appendix E. The Mathematics of an Arch
- Appendix F. The Simple Pendulum
- Appendix G. Fibonacci's Method
- References
- Index.
