HEART OF MATHEMATICS4th EditionBurger Publisher: WILEYISBN: 9781119760061
HEART OF MATHEMATICS
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Problem 1MS:
X marks the X-act spot. On the number tine above, place an X on the approximate location for each of...Problem 3MS:
Watch out for ones! Express 1/9 in decimal form. (Hint: Use long division to divide 9 into 1.)Problem 4MS:
Real redundancy Suppose M=0.4999.... Then what does 10M equal? Find two expressions for the quantity...Problem 6MS:
Always, sometimes, never. A number with an unending decimal expansion is (choose one: always,...Problem 7MS:
Square root of 5. The 5 has an unending decimal expansion, but it might eventually repeat. Is this...Problem 8MS:
A rational search (ExH). Find a rational number that is bigger than 12.0345691 but smaller than...Problem 9MS:
Another rational search. Find a rational number that is bigger than 3.14159 but smaller than...Problem 10MS:
An Irrational search (H). Describe an irrational number that is bigger than 5.7 but smaller than...Problem 11MS:
Another irrational search. Describe an irrational number that is bigger than 0.0001 but smaller than...Problem 12MS:
Your neighborhood. Suppose we tell you that we are thinking of a number that begins with...Problem 13MS:
Another neighborhood. Suppose we tell you that we are thinking of a number that begins with...Problem 25MS:
In Mindscapes 17-25, express each number as a fraction. Just not rational (H). Show that the number...Problem 26MS:
Farey fractions. Let F be the collection of all rational numbers between 0 and 1 (we write 0 as 0n/1...Problem 27MS:
Even irrational. Show that the number 0.246810121416182022242628303234363840... is irrational.Problem 28MS:
Odd irrational (H). Show that the number 1.357911131517192123252729313335373941... is irrational.Problem 29MS:
A proof for . Suppose we look at the first one billion decimal digits of . Those digits do not...Problem 30MS:
Irrationals and zero. Is there an irrational number that is closer to zero than any other...Problem 31MS:
Irrational with 1s and 2s (S). Is it possible to build an irrational number whose decimal digits are...Problem 32MS:
Irrational with 1s and some 2s. Is it possible to build an irrational number whose decimal digits...Problem 33MS:
Half steps. Suppose you are just a point and are standing on the number line at 1 but are dreaming...Problem 34MS:
Half steps again (ExH). Suppose now that you are a very, very, very short line segment (your length...Problem 35MS:
Cutting . Is it possible to cut up the interval between 3 and 4 into pieces of exactly the same size...Problem 36MS:
From infinite to finite. Find a real number that has an unending and nonrepeating decimal expansion,...Problem 37MS:
Rationals (H). Show that, between any two different real numbers, there is always a rational number.Problem 38MS:
Irrationals. Show that, between any two different real numbers, there is always an irrational...Problem 39MS:
Terminator. Show that if a rational number has a decimal expansion that terminates (or...Problem 40MS:
Terminator II. Show that if the denominator of a fraction has only factors of 2 and 5, then the...Problem 45MS:
An unknown digit. Let x be a digit satisfying the decimal equation: 10x=0.xxxxx... Solve for the...Problem 47MS:
Is y irrational? You decide to create the digits of a decimal number y between 0 and 1 using the...Browse All Chapters of This Textbook
Chapter 2.1 - CountingChapter 2.2 - Numerical Patterns In NatureChapter 2.3 - Prime Cuts Of NumbersChapter 2.4 - Crazy Clocks And Checking Out BarsChapter 2.5 - Public Secret Codes And How To Become A SpyChapter 2.6 - The Irrational Side Of NumbersChapter 2.7 - Get RealChapter 3.1 - Beyond NumbersChapter 3.2 - Comparing The InfiniteChapter 3.3 - The Missing Member
Chapter 3.4 - Travels Toward The Stratosphere Of InfinitiesChapter 3.5 - Straightening Up The Circ LeChapter 4.1 - Pythagoras And His HypotenuseChapter 4.2 - A View Of An Art GalleryChapter 4.3 - The Sexiest RectangleChapter 4.4 - Soothing Symmetry And Spinning PinwheelsChapter 4.5 - The Platonic Solids Turn AmorousChapter 4.6 - The Shape Of Reality?Chapter 4.7 - The Fourth DimensionChapter 5.1 - Rubber Sheet GeometryChapter 5.2 - The Band That Wouldn't Stop PlayingChapter 5.3 - Knots And LinksChapter 5.4 - Fixed Points, Hot Loops, And Rainy DaysChapter 6.1 - Circuit TrainingChapter 6.2 - Feeling Edgy?Chapter 6.3 - Plane Old GraphsChapter 6.4 - NetworkingChapter 7.1 - ImagesChapter 7.2 - The Infinitely Detailed Beauty Of FractalsChapter 7.3 - Between DimensionsChapter 7.4 - The Mysterious Art Of Imaginary FractalsChapter 7.5 - The Dynamics Of ChangeChapter 7.6 - Predetermined ChaosChapter 8.1 - Chance SurprisesChapter 8.2 - Predicting The Future In An Uncertain WorldChapter 8.3 - Random ThoughtsChapter 8.4 - Down For The CountChapter 8.5 - Drizzling, Defending, And DoctoringChapter 9.1 - Stumbling Through A Minefield Of DataChapter 9.2 - Getting Your Data To Shape UpChapter 9.3 - Looking At Super ModelsChapter 9.4 - Go FigureChapter 9.5 - War, Sports, And TigersChapter 10.1 - Great ExpectationsChapter 10.2 - RiskChapter 10.3 - Money MattersChapter 10.4 - Peril At The PollsChapter 10.5 - Cutting Cake For Greedy People
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