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Nahin, Paul J.

An imaginary talethe story of [the square root of minus one] /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	An imaginary talePaul J. Nahin.
Reminder of title:	the story of [the square root of minus one] /
Author:	Nahin, Paul J.
Published:	Princeton, N.J. :Princeton University Press,2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiv, 267 p.) :ill.
Notes:	On t.p. "[the square root of minus one]" appears as a radical over "-1."
Notes:	Originally published: 1998.
Subject:	Numbers, Complex.
Online resource:	http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7sxsj
ISBN:	9781400833894 (electronic bk.)

An imaginary talethe story of [the square root of minus one] /
Nahin, Paul J.

An imaginary talethe story of [the square root of minus one] /[electronic resource] :Paul J. Nahin. - 1st Princeton science library ed. - Princeton, N.J. :Princeton University Press,2007. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 267 p.) :ill. - Princeton science library. - Princeton science library..

On t.p. "[the square root of minus one]" appears as a radical over "-1."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Puzzles of imaginary numbers --ch. 1.

ISBN: 9781400833894 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

189550
Numbers, Complex.

LC Class. No.: QA255 / .N34 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 515.9

An imaginary talethe story of [the square root of minus one] /
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