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The great mathematical problems : marvels and mysteries of mathematics

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Profile Books, London : ©2014Description: x, 340 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781846683374
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 510 STE-G
Contents:
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
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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

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