| Description |
x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-324) and index. |
| Contents |
Great problems -- Prime territory : Goldbach Conjecture -- The puzzle of pi : squaring the circle -- Mapmaking mysteries : Four Colour theorem -- Sphereful symmetry : Kepler Conjecture -- New solutions for old : Mordell Conjecture -- Inadequate margins : Fermat's Last Theorem -- Orbital chaos : Three-body problem -- Patterns in primes : Riemann Hypothesis -- What shape is a sphere? : Poincaré Conjecture -- They can't all be easy : P/NP problem -- Fluid thinking : Navier-Stokes Equation -- Quantum conundrum : Mass Gap Hypothesis -- Diophantine dreams : Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture -- Complex cycles : Hodge Conjecture -- Where next? -- Twelve for the future. |
| Summary |
"Overview of the most formidable problems mathematicians have vanquished, and those that vex them still."--Dust jacket. |
| Subject |
Mathematics.
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Number theory.
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| ISBN |
9780465022403 hardcover $26.99 |
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0465022405 hardcover |
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9781846681998 (British ISBN) |
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