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Dimension

by Thomas F. Banchoff

Chapter 2 from
On the Shoulders of Giants:
New Approaches to Numeracy


Lynn Arthur Steen, editor

Mathematics Sciences Education Board
National Research Council

National Academy Press
Washington, D.C. 1990


Table of Contents



  1. INTRODUCTION



  2. MEASURING VOLUMES



  3. VISUALIZING DIMENSIONS



  4. COORDINATES IN DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS



  5. CONFIGURATION SPACES



  6. SLICING IN DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS



  7. COUNTING COMBINATIONS



  8. REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED READING


Reprinted with permission of the National Academy Press. The entire volume is available electronically at <http://books.nap.edu/catalog/1532.html>.

Copyright © 1990 by The National Academy Press. All rights reserved.


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