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Visions of infinity : the great mathematical problems / Ian Stewart.

Summary:

"Overview of the most formidable problems mathematicians have vanquished, and those that vex them still"--Dust jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0465022405
  • ISBN: 9780465022403
  • Physical Description: x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-324) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Great problems -- Prime territory : Goldbach Conjecture -- The puzzle of pi : squaring the circle -- Mapmaking mysteries : Four Color theorem -- Sphereful symmetry : Kepler Conjecture -- New solutions for old : Mordell Conjecture -- Inadequate margins : Fermat's Last Theorem -- Orbital chaos : Three-body problem -- Patterns in prime : 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.
Subject:
Mathematics.
Number theory.

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  • 10 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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