Donald E. Knuth is known throughout the world for his pioneering work on algorithms and programming techniques, for his invention of the Tex and Metafont systems for computer typesetting, and for his prolific and influential writing. Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming at Stanford University, he currently devotes full time to the completion of these fascicles and the seven volumes to which they belong.
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Nearly 30 years ago, John Horton Conway introduced a new way to construct numbers. Donald E. Knuth, in appreciation of this revolutionary system, took a week off from work on The Art of Computer Programming to write an introduction to Conway's method. Never content with the ordinary, Knuth wrote this introduction as a work of fiction--a novelette. If not a steamy romance, the book nonetheless shows how a young couple turned on to pure mathematics and found total happiness.
The book's primary aim, Knuth explains in a postscript, is not so much to teach Conway's theory as "to teach how one might go about developing such a theory." He continues: "Therefore, as the two characters in this book gradually explore and build up Conway's number system, I have recorded their false starts and frustrations as well as their good ideas. I wanted to give a reasonably faithful portrayal of the important principles, techniques, joys, passions, and philosophy of mathematics, so I wrote the story as I was actually doing the research myself."... It is an astonishing feat of legerdemain. An empty hat rests on a table made of a few axioms of standard set theory. Conway waves two simple rules in the air, then reaches into almost nothing and pulls out an infinitely rich tapestry of numbers that form a real and closed field. Every real number is surrounded by a host of new numbers that lie closer to it than any other "real" value does. The system is truly "surreal." quoted from Martin Gardner, Mathematical Magic Show, pp. 16--19
Surreal Numbers, now in its 13th printing, will appeal to anyone who might enjoy an engaging dialogue on abstract mathematical ideas, and who might wish to experience how new mathematics is created.
1. 译名初一看略标题党了,但看完书后觉得也算是贴切 2. 内容简介中有一句话:“本书可以看做是读懂<TAOCP>和<CMath>的钥匙" ——扯! 3. 这本书实在不能算成是一本小说,而且也不是十分有趣,所幸很短,正当我约莫有点不耐烦时,第16章就结束了,很好。 4. 翻译得挺好,几乎没...
评分前面还好。 感觉最后两张,没说明白。 1.牵涉到无穷的归纳法,看了几遍,还是没看懂作者在说什么。 2.超实数的乘法,只是起了个头,剩下的完全没说好吗?可能是要让读者自己证明吧? 所以感觉结尾仓促。难道是一周快结束了,急着要把书结尾? 还有,吐槽一下翻译,physic...
评分1. 译名初一看略标题党了,但看完书后觉得也算是贴切 2. 内容简介中有一句话:“本书可以看做是读懂<TAOCP>和<CMath>的钥匙" ——扯! 3. 这本书实在不能算成是一本小说,而且也不是十分有趣,所幸很短,正当我约莫有点不耐烦时,第16章就结束了,很好。 4. 翻译得挺好,几乎没...
评分 评分当我们想当然地总是assume too much还自以为经验丰富、懂得多的时候,真正的数学家们总会本能地问上一句为什么会有这样的现象,这样的现象是否就是“事实”,是否能找到证明...然后就有了公理、然后就有了简约优美或繁琐复杂的重重证明、然后就有了引理、然后就有了定理... Kn...
对话体形式来讨论自然数这个基础,在此基础上定义了加法和乘法,非常的严谨,不过也很抽象比较难以理解,对人的挑战很大!
评分第一口气读完了1-3章,第二口气读完了剩余部分;不推公式也很好看。
评分读起来不轻松。。。不过能和一个人擦出思想的火花一定是很美妙的一件事:) "There are infinitely many things yet to do...and only a finite amount of time..."
评分读起来不轻松。。。不过能和一个人擦出思想的火花一定是很美妙的一件事:) "There are infinitely many things yet to do...and only a finite amount of time..."
评分http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surreal_number
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