Kepler's conjecture : how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world
Szpiro, George G.2003
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This math history relates the 400-year story of Kepler's conjecture, which, after Fermat's celebrated last theorem, was the greatest mathematical problem in the world. Suggested in 1611 and solved in 1998, Kepler's conjecture has stymied some of the great mathematical minds in history.
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Imprint:
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2003.
Collation:
viii, 296 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index.
ISBN:
9780471086017 (hbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
116964