出版社: Addison Wesley
副标题: how two ex-students turned on to pure mathematics and found total happiness : a mathematical novelette
出版年: 1974-1-1
页数: 128
定价: GBP 18.99
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9780201038125
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Nearly 30 years ago, John Horton Conway introduced a new way to construct numbers. Donald E. Knuth, in appreciation of this revolutionary system, took a week off from work on The Art of Computer Programming to write an introduction to Conway's method. Never content with the ordinary, Knuth wrote this introduction as a work of fiction--a novelette. If not a steamy romance, the b...
Nearly 30 years ago, John Horton Conway introduced a new way to construct numbers. Donald E. Knuth, in appreciation of this revolutionary system, took a week off from work on The Art of Computer Programming to write an introduction to Conway's method. Never content with the ordinary, Knuth wrote this introduction as a work of fiction--a novelette. If not a steamy romance, the book nonetheless shows how a young couple turned on to pure mathematics and found total happiness. The book's primary aim, Knuth explains in a postscript, is not so much to teach Conway's theory as "to teach how one might go about developing such a theory." He continues: "Therefore, as the two characters in this book gradually explore and build up Conway's number system, I have recorded their false starts and frustrations as well as their good ideas. I wanted to give a reasonably faithful portrayal of the important principles, techniques, joys, passions, and philosophy of mathematics, so I wrote the story as I was actually doing the research myself."...It is an astonishing feat of legerdemain. An empty hat rests on a table made of a few axioms of standard set theory.Conway waves two simple rules in the air, then reaches into almost nothing and pulls out an infinitely rich tapestry of numbers that form a real and closed field. Every real number is surrounded by a host of new numbers that lie closer to it than any other "real" value does. The system is truly "surreal." quoted from Martin Gardner, Mathematical Magic Show, pp. 16--19 Surreal Numbers, now in its 13th printing, will appeal to anyone who might enjoy an engaging dialogue on abstract mathematical ideas, and who might wish to experience how new mathematics is created. 0201038129B04062001
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Donald Knuth 作者
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Donald E. Knuth is known throughout the world for his pioneering work on algorithms and programming techniques, for his invention of the Tex and Metafont systems for computer typesetting, and for his prolific and influential writing. Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University, he currently devotes full time to the completion of these fascicles ...
Donald E. Knuth is known throughout the world for his pioneering work on algorithms and programming techniques, for his invention of the Tex and Metafont systems for computer typesetting, and for his prolific and influential writing. Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University, he currently devotes full time to the completion of these fascicles and the seven volumes to which they belong.
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力荐,高老的一本好书啊
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0 有用 Tuck 2022-10-05 11:29:40
这类书可以多一点,但本质上跟语气友好的讲义没什么区别
0 有用 O(1) 的小乐 2012-01-18 09:34:31
不得不佩服Knuth的yy能力。。。这书还不错,感觉蛮严谨的。后续部分理解有点困难
0 有用 west lake 2013-05-10 16:19:11
读起来不轻松。。。不过能和一个人擦出思想的火花一定是很美妙的一件事:) "There are infinitely many things yet to do...and only a finite amount of time..."
0 有用 lred 2023-04-01 05:31:29 江苏
一男一女 在荒岛上 研究数学 well im sorry im not complicated enough for u
0 有用 Ryaaan 2012-07-09 00:14:05
数学证明看得好累,没看出他跟计算机科学的关系,研究之美这思想还是不错的
0 有用 lred 2023-04-01 05:31:29 江苏
一男一女 在荒岛上 研究数学 well im sorry im not complicated enough for u
0 有用 Tuck 2022-10-05 11:29:40
这类书可以多一点,但本质上跟语气友好的讲义没什么区别
0 有用 ric 🇺🇦 2020-05-07 08:04:36
前面推導基礎結果用了太多時間。。。沒有耐心看到高潮了
0 有用 仰望 2020-03-07 12:12:27
对话体形式来讨论自然数这个基础,在此基础上定义了加法和乘法,非常的严谨,不过也很抽象比较难以理解,对人的挑战很大!
0 有用 孟先生 2015-11-02 16:47:00
第一口气读完了1-3章,第二口气读完了剩余部分;不推公式也很好看。