Indra's Pearls: The Vision of Felix Klein
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Felix Klein, a great geometer of the nineteenth century, rediscovered an idea from Hindu mythology in mathematics: the heaven of Indra in which the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl in a net of pearls. Practically impossible to represent by hand, this idea barely existed outside the imagination, until the 1980s when the authors embarked on the first computer investigation of Klein's vision. In this extraordinary book they explore the path...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1107564743
ISBN13:9781107564749
Release Date:January 2016
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:414 Pages
Weight:2.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 7.5" x 9.8"
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