Playing with Infinity

Playing with InfinityThis popular account of the many mathematical concepts relating to infinity is one of the best introductions to this subject and to the entire field of mathematics. Dividing her book into three parts The Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Creative Role of Form, and The Self Critique of Pure Reason Peter develops her material in twenty two chapters that sound almost too appealing to be true: playing with fingers, coloring the grey number series, we catch

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Chapters 5–8 deal with wave propagation as governed by the three-dimensional equations of elasticity and cover waves in infinite media

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