Kepler's conjecture: how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world/ George Szpiro.

By:

Szpiro, George, 1950-

Publication details: Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, c2003.Description: viii, 296 p.: ill.; 24 cmISBN:

0471086010 (alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

510 S998k

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Table of contents

Contents:

Cannonballs and tomatoes -- The puzzle of the dozen spheres -- Fire hydrants and soccer players -- Thue's two attempts and Fejes-Tóth's achievement -- Twelve's company, thirteen's a crowd -- Nets and knots -- Twisted boxes -- No dancing at this congress -- The race for the upper bound -- Right angles for round spaces -- Wobbly balls and hybrid stars -- Simplex, Cplex, and symbolic mathematics -- But is it really a proof? -- Beehives again ... This is not an epilogue .

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Castorina Estantes Abertas (Open Shelves)	Livros (Books)	510 S998k 2003 IMPA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39063000603087

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index.

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