Screen LibraryKepler's conjecture：how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world
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John Wiley & Sons,
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| Publisher Address: | Hoboken, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | c2003. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 296 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0471086010 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | O1 |
| CLC: | O1-49 |
| Call Number: | o1-49/S998 |
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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. |