Index
Bold page numbers indicate a glossary entry
A
Abel, Niels 58 , 154
adding
fractions 13 –14
imaginary numbers 33 –4
matrices 156 –7
zero 5 , 7
algebra 56 –9, 204
abstract groups 154
curves 90
Fermat’s last theorem 196 –9
genetics 148
matrices 58 , 156 –9, 205
Pascal’s triangle 53
and topology 95
algorithms 60 –3, 187 , 204
amicable numbers 42
angles
Euclid’s postulates 109
measuring 8
trisecting 80 –1
Archimedes of Syracuse 20 –1
area
circle 21
greatest common divisor 61
polygons 113
triangle 87
under curve 79
Argand diagram 34 –5, 204
Aristotle 64 , 65
averages 141 –2
axioms 59 , 72 , 74 , 109 , 127 , 154, 155 , 204
B
