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Numbers: rational and irrational

Title
Numbers: rational and irrational / by Ivan Niven.
Author
Niven, Ivan, 1915-1999.
Publication
[New York] : Random House, 1961.

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Description
136 pages : diagrams; 23 cm
Summary
Self-study guide on the classification of numbers and the standards used to determine whether a number is rational or irrational.
Series Statement
New mathematical library ; 1
Uniform Title
New mathematical library ; 1.
Subject
  • Numbers, Real
  • Numbers, Rational
  • Irrational numbers
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics
  • Numbers, Rational
  • Irrational numbers
  • Numbers, Real
  • Irrationale Zahl
  • Rationale Zahl
  • Getallen
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Natural numbers and integers -- Rational numbers -- Real numbers -- Irrational numbers -- Trigonometric and logarithmic numbers -- The approximation of irrationals by rationals -- The existence of transcendental numbers -- Appendix A. Proof that there are infinitely many prime numbers -- Appendix B. Proof of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic -- Appendix C. Cantor's proof of the existence of transcendental numbers.
LCCN
61006226
OCLC
  • ocm00308220
  • 308220
  • SCSB-319022
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library