When Less is More: Visualizing Basic Inequalities (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) - Hardcover

Alsina, Claudi; Nelsen, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0883853426 ISBN 13: 9780883853429

Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America, 2009

Synopsis

Introduces the richness and variety of inequalities in mathematics using illustration and visualisation.

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About the Authors

Claudi Alsina received his B.A. and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Barcelona. His post-doctoral studies were at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Catalonia and has developed a wide range of international activities, research papers, publications and hundreds of lectures on mathematics and mathematics education. His latest books include Associative Functions: Triangular Norms and Copulas with M. J. Frank and B. Schweizer, WSP, 2006; Math Made Visual. Creating Images for Understanding Mathematics with Roger B. Nelsen, MAA, 2006; Vitaminas Matemáticas and El Club de la Hipotenusa, Ariel, 2008.

Roger B. Nelsen received his B.A. in mathematics from DePauw University in 1964 and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Duke University in 1969. Roger was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. His previous books include Proofs Without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking, MAA 1993; An Introduction to Copulas, Springer, 1999 (2nd edition 2006); Proofs Without Words II: More Exercises in Visual Thinking, MAA, 2000; and Math Made Visual: Creating Images for Understanding Mathematics (with Claudi Alsina), MAA, 2006.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0883853426
• ISBN 13: 9780883853429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 199