Do androids dream of symmetric sheaves? : and other mathematically bent stories / Colin Adams.
Adams, Colin (Colin Conrad), 1956-
2023
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Title Do androids dream of symmetric sheaves? : and other mathematically bent stories / Colin Adams.
Author Adams, Colin (Colin Conrad), 1956-
ISBN 9783031314919 (electronic bk.)
3031314913 (electronic bk.)
3031314905
9783031314902
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31491-9
Publication Details Cham : Bikhäuser, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (240 p.)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-31491-9 doi
Call Number QA99
Dewey Decimal Classification 510.207
Summary Why is the Devil thrilled when Hell gets its first mathematician? How do 6 and 27 solve the diabolical murder of 9? What are the advantages a vampire has in the math world? What happens when we run out of new math to discover? How does Dr. Frankenstein create the ideal mathematical creature? What transpires when a grad student digging for theorems strikes a rich vein on the ridge overlooking Deadwood? What happens when math students band together to foment rebellion? What will a mathematician do beyond the grave to finish that elusive proof? This is just a small subset of the questions plumbed in this collection of 45 mathematically bent stories from the fertile imagination of Colin Adams. Originally appearing in The Mathematical Intelligencer, an expository mathematics magazine, these tales give a decidedly unconventional look at the world of mathematics and mathematicians. A section of notes is provided at the end of the book that explain references that may not be familiar to all and that include additional commentary by the author.
Note Notes for Chapter 41. The Intergalactic Congress of Mathematicians
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Intro
Preface
Introduction
Contents
1 Immortality
2 Gold Rush
3 Prime Suspect
4 The Cabinet of Dr. Möbius
5 On Another Plane
6 The Modern Prometheus
7 Aftermath
8 Looking Backward
9 A Denial
10 Algebrexit
11 Fields Candidacy
12 Leonhard Euler and the Seven Bridges of Königsberg
13 The Great Storm
14 All Tied Up
15 The Adventures of Robin Caruso
16 Hardy and Ramanujan
17 Introduction to the Collected Works
18 Mathematicus
19 Happiness Is a Warm Theorem
20 Motivational Seminar
21 Cylindra Ella
22 Referee's Report

23 Silence of the Lemmas
24 The Seven Labors of Hercules
25 Presidential Address
26 A Pi Day Carol
27 GUI
28 Math Is Everywhere
29 Job Solicitation
30 CSI: MSRI
31 Do Androids Dream of Symmetric Sheaves?
32 A Ghost Story
33 Equinox
34 Secrets of Math Destruction
35 The Book
36 A Grader's Dream
37 The End of Mathematics
38 Definitions that Sizzle
39 Edutainment
40 A Prisoner's Dilemma
41 The Intergalactic Congress of Mathematicians
42 The Gulag
43 Where Do Theorems Come From?
44 The Lord of the Rings I: The NSF Fellowship of the Rings

45 Piracy
Notes
Notes
Notes for Chapter 1. Immortality
Notes for Chapter 2. Gold Rush
Notes for Chapter 3. Prime Suspect
Notes for Chapter 4. The Cabinet of Dr. Möbius
Notes for Chapter 5. On Another Plane
Notes for Chapter 6. The Modern Prometheus
Notes for Chapter 7. Aftermath
Notes for Chapter 8. Looking Backward
Notes for Chapter 9. A Denial
Notes for Chapter 10. Algebrexit
Notes for Chapter 11. Fields Candidacy
Notes for Chapter 12. Leonhard Euler and the Seven Bridges of Königsberg
Notes for Chapter 13. The Great Storm

Notes for Chapter 14. All Tied Up
Notes for Chapter 15. The Adventures of Robin Caruso
Notes for Chapter 16. Hardy and Ramanujan
Notes for Chapter 17. Introduction to the Collected Works
Notes for Chapter 18. Mathematicus
Notes for Chapter 19. Happiness is a Warm Theorem
Notes for Chapter 20. Motivational Seminar
Notes for Chapter 21. Cylindra Ella
Notes for Chapter 22. Referee's Report
Notes for Chapter 23. Silence of the Lemmas
Notes for Chapter 24. The Seven Labors of Hercules
Notes for Chapter 25. Presidential Address
Notes for Chapter 26. A Pi Day Carol

Notes for Chapter 27. GUI
Notes for Chapter 28. Math Is Everywhere
Notes for Chapter 29. Job Solicitation
Notes for Chapter 30. CSI-MSRI
Notes for Chapter 31. Do Androids Dream of Symmetric Sheaves?
Notes for Chapter 32. A Ghost Story
Notes for Chapter 33. Equinox
Notes for Chapter 34. The Secrets of Math Destruction
Notes for Chapter 35. The Book
Notes for Chapter 36. A Grader's Dream
Notes for Chapter 37. The End of Mathematics
Notes for Chapter 38. Definitions that Sizzle
Notes for Chapter 39. Edutainment
Notes for Chapter 40. A Prisoner's Dilemma

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