Mathematics and Logic
Mark Kac and Stanislaw M. Ulam
Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER
- Examples
- The Infinity of Primes
- Irrationality of sqrt(2)
- Approximation by Rational Numbers
- Transcendental Numbers: Cantor’s Argument
- More Proofs of Impossibility
- Sperner’s Lemma
- The Art and Science of Counting
- Digression on the Number System and on Functions
- Elementary Probability and Independence
- Measure
- Probability Revisited
- Groups and Transformations
- Homology Groups
- Vectors, Matrices and Geometry
- Special Theory of Relativity as an Example of the Geometric View in Physics
- Transformations, Flows and Ergodicity
- More on Iteration and Composition of Transformations
- Proving the Obvious
- Themes, Trends, and Syntheses
- Relations to Other Disciplines
- Summary and Outlook
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