Mathematical Constants

Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications #94

by Steven R. Finch

Steven Finch provides 136 essays, each devoted to a mathematical constant or a class of constants, from the well known to the highly exotic. This book is helpful both to readers seeking information about a specific constant, and to readers who desire a panoramic view of all constants coming from a particular field, for example, combinatorial enumeration or geometric optimization. Unsolved problems appear virtually everywhere as well. This work represents an outstanding scholarly attempt to bring together all significant mathematical constants in one place.

Genres: Mathematics

624 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Hugh Myers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Come on people! This is a book about numbers if you expected otherwise you didn't read the title. On the other hand, digits aside, the exposition is as compelling as one could ask. Read and enjoy.