Visions of infinity : the great mathematical problems /: the great mathematical problems. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ian Stewart.
• Other Names: Stewart, Ian, 1945-
• Contents: Great problems -- Prime territory : Goldbach Conjecture -- The puzzle of pi : squaring the circle -- Mapmaking mysteries : Four Color theorem -- Sphereful symmetry : Kepler Conjecture -- New solutions for old : Mordell Conjecture -- Inadequate margins : Fermat's Last Theorem -- Orbital chaos : Three-body problem -- Patterns in prime : 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.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Basic Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 340 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 510; Mathematics; Number theory; MATHEMATICS -- Essays; MATHEMATICS -- Pre-Calculus; MATHEMATICS -- Reference; Mathematics; Number theory; Mathematisches Problem; Mathematik; Zahlentheorie; Matematik; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780465065998; 0465065996; 1847653510; 9781847653512
• Related ISBNs: 9780465022403; 0465022405; 9781846681998
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-324) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.