April, 2009

THE MATHEMATICS OF HARMONY
From Euclid to Contemporary Mathematics and Computer Science

by Alexey Stakhov (International Club of the Golden Section, Canada)
assisted by Scott Olsen

This volume is a result of the author's four decades of research in the field of Fibonacci numbers and the Golden Section and their applications. It provides a broad introduction to the fascinating and beautiful subject of the "Mathematics of Harmony," a new interdisciplinary direction of modern science. This direction has its origins in "The Elements" of Euclid and has many unexpected applications in contemporary mathematics (a new approach to a history of mathematics, the generalized Fibonacci numbers and the generalized golden proportions, the "golden" algebraic equations, the generalized Binet formulas, Fibonacci and “golden” matrices), theoretical physics (new hyperbolic models of Nature) and computer science (algorithmic measurement theory, number systems with irrational radices, Fibonacci computers, ternary mirror-symmetrical arithmetic, a new theory of coding and cryptography based on the Fibonacci and "golden" matrices).
The book is intended for a wide audience including mathematics teachers of high schools, students of colleges and universities and scientists in the field of mathematics, theoretical physics and computer science. The book may be used as an advanced textbook by graduate students and even ambitious undergraduates in mathematics and computer science.

Contents:

The Golden Section
Fibonacci and Lucas Numbers
Regular Polyhedrons
Generalizations of Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section
Hyperbolic Fibonacci and Lucas Functions
Fibonacci and the “Golden” Matrices Algorithmic Measurement Theory
Fibonacci Computers
Number Systems with Irrational Radices
Ternary Mirror-Symmetrical Arithmetic
Fibonacci and "Golden" Matrices and a New Theory of Coding
Appendices:
The Most Important Mathematical Results of the Harmony Mathematics
The Museum of Harmony and the Golden Section

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