The Mathematical Universe

William Dunham

Content

Preface iv
Acknowledgments vi
Arithmetic 1
Bernoulli Trials 11
Circle 23
Differential Calculus 37
Euler 51
Fermat 65
Greek Geometry 75
Hypotenuse 89
Isoperimetric Problem 103
Justification 115
Knighted Newton 129
Lost Leibniz 143
Mathematical Personality 159
Natural Logarithm 167
Origins 179
Prime Number Theorem 193
Quotient 201
Russell's Paradox 213
Spherical Surface 225
Trisection 237
Utility 249
Venn Diagram 261
Where Are the Women? 263
X-Y Plane 273
Z 287
Afterword 296
Notes 297
Index 309
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