Mathematical Cranks is a book on pseudomathematics and the cranks who create it, written by Underwood Dudley. It was published by the Mathematical Association of America in their MAA Spectrum book series in 1992 (ISBN 0-88385-507-0).[1]
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MathematicalCranks is a book on pseudomathematics and the cranks who create it, written by Underwood Dudley. It was published by the Mathematical Association...
mathematical crankery has been extensively studied by mathematician Underwood Dudley, who has written several popular works about mathematicalcranks...
the circle have been common in pseudomathematics (i.e. the work of mathematicalcranks). The expression "squaring the circle" is sometimes used as a metaphor...
discoverer of the Dudley triangle. Dudley's popular books include MathematicalCranks (MAA 1992, ISBN 0-88385-507-0), The Trisectors (MAA 1996, ISBN 0-88385-514-3)...
Martin's Press; 1971. Dudley, Underwood (1992), "Legislating Pi", MathematicalCranks, MAA spectrum, Cambridge University Press, pp. 192 sq, ISBN 0-88385-507-0...
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John Crank (6 February 1916 – 3 October 2006) was a mathematical physicist, best known for his work on the numerical solution of partial differential...
Andrews, George E.; Garvan, F. G. (1988), "Dyson's crank of a partition", Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, New Series, 18 (2): 167–171, doi:10...
Theodore Heisel (1852–1937) was a mathematicalcrank who wrote several books in the 1930s challenging accepted mathematical truths. Among his claims is that...
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of heat. This partial differential equation is now a common part of mathematical physics curriculum. In classical mechanics, the motion of a body is described...
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claims of doubling the cube with compass and straightedge abound in mathematicalcrank literature (pseudomathematics). Origami may also be used to construct...
called perturbation theory was to deal with the otherwise unsolvable mathematical problems of celestial mechanics: for example the orbit of the Moon, which...
The Almagest /ˈælmədʒɛst/ is a 2nd-century mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths, written by...
Scott Russell linkage Schwartzman, Steven (1996). The Words of Mathematics. The Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 0-88385-511-9. (restricted online...
achievements in mathematics. These include mathematical research, mathematics education,: xii the history and philosophy of mathematics, public outreach...
for calculating and printing mathematical and astronomical tables The notion of a mechanical calculator for mathematical functions can be traced back...
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and Conserwation Laws for Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics, American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, ISBN 0-8218-0958-X{{citation}}:...
partial differential equations of the heat-conduction type, Crank, J.; Nicolson, P., Mathematical Proc. of the Cambridge Phil. Society, 1947, Vol. 43(1),...
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