Lion Hunting & Other Mathematical Pursuits: A Collection of Mathematics, Verse and StoriesAmerican Mathematical Soc., 1995 - 308 pagina's In the famous paper of 1938, “A Contribution to the Mathematical Theory of Big Game Hunting”, written by Ralph Boas along with Frank Smithies, using the pseudonym H. Pétard, Boas describes sixteen methods for hunting a lion. This marvelous collection of Boas memorabilia contains not only the original article, but also several additional articles, as late as 1985, giving many further methods. But once you are through with lion hunting, you can hunt through the remainder of the book to find numerous gems by and about this remarkable mathematician. Not only will you find his biography of Bourbaki along with a description of his feud with the French mathematician, but also you will find a lucid discussion of the mean value theorem. There are anecdotes Boas told about many famous mathematicians, along with a large collection of his mathematical verses. You will find mathematical articles like a proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra and pedagogical articles giving Boas' views on making mathematics intelligible. |
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Reminiscences | 25 |
1 Lion Hunting | 41 |
2 Infinite Series | 65 |
3 Recollections and Verse I | 95 |
4 The Mean Value Theorem | 107 |
5 Recollections and Verse II | 123 |
6 Indeterminate Forms | 133 |
7 Recollections and Verse III | 149 |
11 Recollections and Verse V | 197 |
12 Bourbaki | 207 |
13 The Teaching of Mathematics | 221 |
14 Polynomials | 245 |
15 Literature and Mathematics | 251 |
16 Reviews and Miscellaneous Articles | 267 |
Reminiscences by Students | 280 |
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