Stewart, Ian, 1945-
New York : Basic Books, c2013.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Overview of the most formidable problems mathematicians have vanquished, and those that vex them still. –Dust jacket.
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