The great mathematical problems :
Stewart, Ian
The great mathematical problems : marvels and mysteries of mathematics by Ian Stewart - London : Profile Books, ©2014 - x, 340 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
This book includes glossary and an index.
1 Great problems 2 Prime territory : Goldbach Conjecture 3 The puzzle of pi : squaring the circle 4 Mapmaking mysteries : Four Color theorem 5 Sphereful symmetry : Kepler Conjecture 6 New solutions for old : Mordell Conjecture 7 Inadequate margins : Fermat's Last Theorem 8 Orbital chaos : Three-body problem 9 Patterns in prime : Riemann Hypothesis 10 What shape is a sphere? : Poincaré Conjecture 11 They can't all be easy : P/NP problem 12 Fluid thinking : Navier-Stokes Equation 13 Quantum conundrum : Mass Gap Hypothesis 14 Diophantine dreams : Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture 15 Complex cycles : Hodge Conjecture 16 Where next? 17 Twelve for the future
9781846683374
Mathematics
Number theory
510 / STE-G
The great mathematical problems : marvels and mysteries of mathematics by Ian Stewart - London : Profile Books, ©2014 - x, 340 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
This book includes glossary and an index.
1 Great problems 2 Prime territory : Goldbach Conjecture 3 The puzzle of pi : squaring the circle 4 Mapmaking mysteries : Four Color theorem 5 Sphereful symmetry : Kepler Conjecture 6 New solutions for old : Mordell Conjecture 7 Inadequate margins : Fermat's Last Theorem 8 Orbital chaos : Three-body problem 9 Patterns in prime : Riemann Hypothesis 10 What shape is a sphere? : Poincaré Conjecture 11 They can't all be easy : P/NP problem 12 Fluid thinking : Navier-Stokes Equation 13 Quantum conundrum : Mass Gap Hypothesis 14 Diophantine dreams : Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture 15 Complex cycles : Hodge Conjecture 16 Where next? 17 Twelve for the future
9781846683374
Mathematics
Number theory
510 / STE-G