Li, Shangzhi

Mathematics experiments. / Shangzhi Li ... [et al]. - River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2003. - ix, 217 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217).

Contents: Fundamentals of calculus -- How to calculate -- Best approximations by fractions -- Sequences and series -- Prime numbers -- The Probability -- Geometric transformations -- Celestial movement -- Iteration I: Finding solutions to equations -- Optimization -- Brachistochrone -- Itearation II: Fractal -- Iteration III: Chaos -- Cryptography -- Mechanical proving of elementary geometrical theorems.

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Mathematics--Experiments.
Mathematics--Computer-assisted instruction.

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