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Negative math: how mathematical rules can be positively bent
Negative math: how mathematical rules can be positively bent
Author
Martínez, Alberto A
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication Date
c2006
Language
English
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Figures
ch. 1. Introduction
ch. 2. The problem
ch. 3. History : much ado about less than nothing
The search for evident meaning
ch. 4. History : meaningful and meaningless expressions
Impossible numbers?
ch. 5. History : making racially new mathematics
From hindsight to creativity
ch. 6. Math is rather flexible
Sometimes -1 is greater than zero
Traditional complications
Can minus times minus be minus?
Unity in mathematics
ch. 7. Making a meaningful math
Finding meaning
Designing numbers and operations
Physical mathematics?
Notes
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Acknowledgments
Index.
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Subjects
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Class of 1950
Matemáticas
Mathematics
Memorial bookplates
Numbers, Negative
Números naturales
Whitman College -- Memorial bookplates -- Class of 1950
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9780691123097
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