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Pi and the Arithmetic Geometric Mean
Jonathan M. Borwein
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Description for Pi and the Arithmetic Geometric Mean
Paperback. Critical Acclaim for Pi and the AGM: "Fortunately we have the Borwein's beautiful book.. explores in the first five chapters the glorious world so dear to Ramanujan.. would be a marvelous text book for a graduate course. Num Pages: 432 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: PBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 622.
Critical Acclaim for Pi and the AGM:
"Fortunately we have the Borwein's beautiful book . . . explores inthe first five chapters the glorious world so dear to Ramanujan . .. would be a marvelous text book for a graduate course."--Bulletinof the American Mathematical Society
"What am I to say about this quilt of a book? One is reminded ofDebussy who, on being asked by his harmony teacher to explain whatrules he was following as he improvised at the piano, replied, "Monplaisir." The authors are cultured mathematicians. They haveselected what has amused and intrigued ... Read more
Critical Acclaim for Pi and the AGM:
"Fortunately we have the Borwein's beautiful book . . . explores inthe first five chapters the glorious world so dear to Ramanujan . .. would be a marvelous text book for a graduate course."--Bulletinof the American Mathematical Society
"What am I to say about this quilt of a book? One is reminded ofDebussy who, on being asked by his harmony teacher to explain whatrules he was following as he improvised at the piano, replied, "Monplaisir." The authors are cultured mathematicians. They haveselected what has amused and intrigued ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780471315155
SKU
V9780471315155
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99-50
About Jonathan M. Borwein
Jonathan Michael Borwein was a Scottish mathematician who held an appointment as Laureate Professor of mathematics at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Peter B. Borwein is the author of Pi and the AGM: A Study in Analytic Number Theory and Computational Complexity, published by Wiley.
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