The Great Mathematical Problems

The Great Mathematical Problems
Author :
Publisher : Profile Books
Total Pages : 468
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781847653512
ISBN-13 : 1847653510
Rating : 4/5 (510 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Great Mathematical Problems by : Ian Stewart

Download or read book The Great Mathematical Problems written by Ian Stewart and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are some mathematical problems whose significance goes beyond the ordinary - like Fermat's Last Theorem or Goldbach's Conjecture - they are the enigmas which define mathematics. The Great Mathematical Problems explains why these problems exist, why they matter, what drives mathematicians to incredible lengths to solve them and where they stand in the context of mathematics and science as a whole. It contains solved problems - like the Poincaré Conjecture, cracked by the eccentric genius Grigori Perelman, who refused academic honours and a million-dollar prize for his work, and ones which, like the Riemann Hypothesis, remain baffling after centuries. Stewart is the guide to this mysterious and exciting world, showing how modern mathematicians constantly rise to the challenges set by their predecessors, as the great mathematical problems of the past succumb to the new techniques and ideas of the present.


The Great Mathematical Problems Related Books

The Great Mathematical Problems
Language: en
Pages: 468
Authors: Ian Stewart
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-07 - Publisher: Profile Books

GET EBOOK

There are some mathematical problems whose significance goes beyond the ordinary - like Fermat's Last Theorem or Goldbach's Conjecture - they are the enigmas wh
Intriguing Mathematical Problems
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Oswald Jacoby
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05-23 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

GET EBOOK

Treasury of challenging brainteasers includes puzzles involving numbers, letters, probability, reasoning, more: The Enterprising Snail, The Fly and the Bicycles
100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics
Language: en
Pages: 418
Authors: Heinrich Dörrie
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-04-09 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

GET EBOOK

Problems that beset Archimedes, Newton, Euler, Cauchy, Gauss, Monge, Steiner, and other great mathematical minds. Features squaring the circle, pi, and similar
The Green Book of Mathematical Problems
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Kenneth Hardy
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-26 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

GET EBOOK

Rich selection of 100 practice problems — with hints and solutions — for students preparing for the William Lowell Putnam and other undergraduate-level math
The Mathematical Century
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Piergiorgio Odifreddi
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-10-22 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

GET EBOOK

The twentieth century was a time of unprecedented development in mathematics, as well as in all sciences: more theorems were proved and results found in a hundr