Visions of infinity : the great mathematical problems /
Stewart, Ian, 1945-
Visions of infinity : the great mathematical problems / Ian Stewart. - New York, NY : Basic Books, c2013. - x, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-324) and index.
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.
"Overview of the most formidable problems mathematicians have vanquished, and those that vex them still"--Dust jacket flap.
0465022405 (hardcover) 9780465022403 (hardcover) : $26.99
2012924095
Mathematics.
Number theory.
Visions of infinity : the great mathematical problems / Ian Stewart. - New York, NY : Basic Books, c2013. - x, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-324) and index.
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.
"Overview of the most formidable problems mathematicians have vanquished, and those that vex them still"--Dust jacket flap.
0465022405 (hardcover) 9780465022403 (hardcover) : $26.99
2012924095
Mathematics.
Number theory.