Peculiar pictures in advanced maths books
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I have recently started reading Introduction to Symplectic Topology by McDuff and Salamon and I came across this picture:
I find it very funny and really interesting. I read on Wikipedia that Ian Stewart had come with this expression when discussing about the non-squeezing theorem in an article in Nature. But Introduction to Symplectic Topology is an advanced book on symplectic topology and not a maths popularization book so I found it quite odd.
Then I remembered I saw another curious picture:
which is taken from Bredon's Topology and Geometry.
My question is: does anyone know any other peculiar images from advanced maths books that illustrate some mathematical concept?
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asked Dec 7 '18 at 20:55
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I have recently started reading Introduction to Symplectic Topology by McDuff and Salamon and I came across this picture:
I find it very funny and really interesting. I read on Wikipedia that Ian Stewart had come with this expression when discussing about the non-squeezing theorem in an article in Nature. But Introduction to Symplectic Topology is an advanced book on symplectic topology and not a maths popularization book so I found it quite odd.
Then I remembered I saw another curious picture:
which is taken from Bredon's Topology and Geometry.
My question is: does anyone know any other peculiar images from advanced maths books that illustrate some mathematical concept?
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asked Dec 7 '18 at 20:55
GlassFlakeGlassFlake
987
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A T Fomenko has contributed some very peculiar drawings to maths books, for instance Koblitz's book on modular forms.
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– Lord Shark the Unknown
Dec 7 '18 at 22:24
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I have recently started reading Introduction to Symplectic Topology by McDuff and Salamon and I came across this picture:
I find it very funny and really interesting. I read on Wikipedia that Ian Stewart had come with this expression when discussing about the non-squeezing theorem in an article in Nature. But Introduction to Symplectic Topology is an advanced book on symplectic topology and not a maths popularization book so I found it quite odd.
Then I remembered I saw another curious picture:
which is taken from Bredon's Topology and Geometry.
My question is: does anyone know any other peculiar images from advanced maths books that illustrate some mathematical concept?
reference-request soft-question big-list
asked Dec 7 '18 at 20:55
GlassFlakeGlassFlake
987
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I have recently started reading Introduction to Symplectic Topology by McDuff and Salamon and I came across this picture:
I find it very funny and really interesting. I read on Wikipedia that Ian Stewart had come with this expression when discussing about the non-squeezing theorem in an article in Nature. But Introduction to Symplectic Topology is an advanced book on symplectic topology and not a maths popularization book so I found it quite odd.
Then I remembered I saw another curious picture:
which is taken from Bredon's Topology and Geometry.
My question is: does anyone know any other peculiar images from advanced maths books that illustrate some mathematical concept?
reference-request soft-question big-list
reference-request soft-question big-list
asked Dec 7 '18 at 20:55
GlassFlakeGlassFlake
987
asked Dec 7 '18 at 20:55
GlassFlakeGlassFlake
987
asked Dec 7 '18 at 20:55
GlassFlakeGlassFlake
987
asked Dec 7 '18 at 20:55
GlassFlakeGlassFlake
987
asked Dec 7 '18 at 20:55
GlassFlakeGlassFlake
987
987
2
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A T Fomenko has contributed some very peculiar drawings to maths books, for instance Koblitz's book on modular forms.
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– Lord Shark the Unknown
Dec 7 '18 at 22:24
add a comment |
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A T Fomenko has contributed some very peculiar drawings to maths books, for instance Koblitz's book on modular forms.
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– Lord Shark the Unknown
Dec 7 '18 at 22:24
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A T Fomenko has contributed some very peculiar drawings to maths books, for instance Koblitz's book on modular forms.
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– Lord Shark the Unknown
Dec 7 '18 at 22:24
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A T Fomenko has contributed some very peculiar drawings to maths books, for instance Koblitz's book on modular forms.
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– Lord Shark the Unknown
Dec 7 '18 at 22:24
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A T Fomenko has contributed some very peculiar drawings to maths books, for instance Koblitz's book on modular forms.
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– Lord Shark the Unknown
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