Kepler's conjecture how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world /
Szpiro, George, 1950-
Kepler's conjecture how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world / [electronic resource] : George Szpiro. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2003. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index.
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.
9780471086017 9780471480624 (electronic bk.)
Mathematics--Popular works.
QA93 / .S97 2003
Kepler's conjecture how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world / [electronic resource] : George Szpiro. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2003. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index.
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.
9780471086017 9780471480624 (electronic bk.)
Mathematics--Popular works.
QA93 / .S97 2003
