Book: Imaginary Tale, An: The Story Of The author tells the 2000-year old history of one  of  mathematics’ most  elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also  known  as  i, re-creating  the baffling mathematical problems that conjured  it  up  and the colourful characters who tried to solve them. Addressing readers with both a general and scholarly interest in mathematics, Nahin weaves into this  narrative entertaining  historical facts, mathematical discussions, and the application of complex numbers and functions to important problems.
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Author: Paul J Nahin
ISBN: 8173713995
ISBN-13: 9788173713996
, 978-8173713996
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2001
Publisher: Universities Press
Number of Pages: 280
Language: English