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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v37.i35.records.utf8:58383174:1364
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01364cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2008022180
003 DLC
005 20090827092541.0
008 080521s2009 maua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008022180
020 $a9781568813431
020 $a1568813430
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn229342357
035 $a(OCoLC)229342357
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dC#P$dBWX$dYDXCP$dDLC
050 00 $aQA8.7$b.B67 2009
082 00 $a510$222
100 1 $aBorwein, Jonathan M.
245 14 $aThe computer as crucible :$ban introduction to experimental mathematics /$cJonathan Borwein, Keith Devlin ; with illustrations by Karl H. Hofmann.
260 $aWellesley, Mass. :$bA.K. Peters,$cc2009.
300 $axi, 158 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-154) and index.
505 0 $aWhat is experimental mathematics? -- What is the quadrillionth decimal place of [pi]? -- What is that number? -- The most important function in mathematics -- Evaluate the following integral -- Serendipity -- Calculating [pi] -- The computer knows more math than you do -- Take it to the limit -- Danger! Always exercise caution when using the computer -- Stuff we left out (until now).
650 0 $aExperimental mathematics.
700 1 $aDevlin, Keith J.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0904/2008022180.html