Mathematics Everywhere

By Félix Coxeter

Most of my students ask me at some point, and where is this going to help me? Especially when we look at more abstract mathematical ideas for them, such as calculating the roots of a polynomial. Some have even made a joke saying "no way I'm going to go to the store and tell the lady to sell me some 3x2y+z of rice.
It must be said that, to a great extent, this lack of connection of mathematics with the reality of the common person (this does not happen with those who study mathematics as a career) is due to a certain extent to a bad design in the study plans and programs from the basic level to the upper secondary level, where preference is given to the teaching of algorithms instead of showing the beauty of mathematics that occurs through thinking.
Thus, the main objective of this text is to bring the common person closer to mathematics and to show him that, in fact, mathematics is present everywhere (literally), that wherever he goes or whatever he does, everything is related to mathematics. It would not be bad if the reader could do the exercise of imagining what his life would be like without mathematics, because, for example, it would affect the transportation system, the communication system, even the Internet would not exist without mathematics.
Throughout the book we will see a great variety of examples in everyday life where mathematics is used. I have no doubt that the reader will be surprised by the many uses of the mathematics he or she learns in school. Obviously, one book is not enough to show how mathematics is everywhere, in everything we do, even in the way we think, but it is a small introduction and perhaps, in the future, we can write a second part with more examples, as beautiful as the ones I show here.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09MYQ7291
• ISBN13: 9798777882011
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"