Proofs from THE BOOK

I loved this book

Must read got anyone starting on math or general anyone wanting to prove stuff.

If you know the history of "the book" (first mentioned by Paul Erdos.) you know these had to be fantastitic.

new book as described

I try to read a chapter a week -- the ideas leave me shaking my head at how beautiful math can be

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It is a beautiful master piece about math :) <3

For any reasonable accomplished mathematician, a fine collection of the most elegant proofs of the standard canon. Some curious proofs (e.g. topological proof of infinitude of primes) which are fun to puzzle out. But generally seeing how a given result may be proved elegantly using different techniques is a great way to get a diverse view of the subject.

Había buscado el libro por todas las librerías de Barcelona, y ni estaba ni se podía encargar. Lo cierto es que fue una entrega algo lenta, pero se puede comprender porque venía de fuera de España.El libro es una muy buena recopilación de demostraciones elegantes en los ámbitos de teoría de números, geometría, análisis, combinatoria y teoría de grafos. Para entenderlo completamente, la exposición supone una base de primero de carrera, aproximadamente.

Dieses Buch behandelt die elegantesten Beweise, die es in der Mathematik je gab. Ich benutze das Buch zur Ergänzung meiner mathematischen Kenntnisse und zur Unterhaltung.

"THE BOOK" is, of course, a creation by the late Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős - a mythical "bible" containing the most elegant and insightful proofs of important theorems. You might think that only serious mathematicians would be able to understand these proofs, but it is not so. Many are quite elementary, and most are accessible to anyone with an undergraduate degree in mathematics or physics, or even people who just enjoy reading mathematics. There are many pleasant surprises: one of the first is a proof that there are an infinite number of primes - using topology! I won't give any more spoilers. The book is not cheap but it is good value: you will get many hours of delight and amazement from it.