Kepler's conjecture: how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world/ George Szpiro.
Publication details: Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, c2003.Description: viii, 296 p.: ill.; 24 cmISBN:- 0471086010 (alk. paper)
- 510 S998k
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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 .
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