Irresistible integrals : symbolics, analysis, and experiments in the evaluation of integrals / / George Boros, Victor H. Moll [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Boros George <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 515/.43
• Soggetto topico: Definite integrals
• Persona (resp. second.): MollVictor
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-297) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Factorials and Binomial Coefficients; 2 The Method of Partial Fractions; 3 A Simple Rational Function; 4 A Review of Power Series; 5 The Exponential and Logarithm Functions; 6 The Trigonometric Functions and Pi; 7 A Quartic Integral; 8 The Normal Integral; 9 Euler's Constant; 10 Eulerian Integrals: The Gamma and Beta Functions; 11 The Riemann Zeta Function; 12 Logarithmic Integrals; 13 A Master Formula; Appendix: The Revolutionary WZ Method; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The problem of evaluating integrals is well known to every student who has had a year of calculus. It was an especially important subject in 19th century analysis and it has now been revived with the appearance of symbolic languages. In this book, the authors use the problem of exact evaluation of definite integrals as a starting point for exploring many areas of mathematics. The questions discussed in this book, first published in 2004, are as old as calculus itself. In presenting the combination of methods required for the evaluation of most integrals, the authors take the most interesting, rather than the shortest, path to the results. Along the way, they illuminate connections with many subjects, including analysis, number theory, algebra and combinatorics. This will be a guided tour of exciting discovery for undergraduates and their teachers in mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering.
• Titolo autorizzato: Irresistible integrals
• ISBN: 1-107-14351-9; 1-280-54103-2; 9786610541034; 0-511-21507-X; 0-511-21686-6; 0-511-21149-X; 0-511-31555-4; 0-511-61704-6; 0-511-21326-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457583103321
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