Number

Philip J. Davis and William G. Chinn

Chapter 7 in 3.1416 And All That, 1985, pp 40-62 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract BY POPULAR DEFINITION a mathematician is a fellow who is good at numbers. Most mathematicians demur. They point out that they have as much difficulty as anybody else in reconciling their bank statements, and they like to refer to supporting anecdotes, such as that Isaac Newton, who was Master of the Mint, employed a bookkeeper to do his sums. They observe further that slide rules and electronic computers were developed as crutches to help mathematicians.

Keywords: Positive Integer; Complex Number; Rational Number; Irrational Number; Number Concept (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8519-0_7

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