Poincaré's prize: the hundred-year quest to solve one of math's greatest puzzles/ George G. Szpiro.

By:

Szpiro, George, 1950-

Publication details: New York: Dutton, c2007.Description: ix, 309 p.; 22 cmISBN:

9780525950240
0525950249

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DDC classification:

510.76 S998p

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Table of contents only

Summary: Traces the hundred-year effort to solve the Poincaré Conjecture and its successful solution by Grigory Perelman, an impoverished Russian recluse who refused all prizes and academic appointments while solving an array of mathematical conundrums.

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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)	510.76 S998p 2007 IMPA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39063000649874

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-294) and index.

Traces the hundred-year effort to solve the Poincaré Conjecture and its successful solution by Grigory Perelman, an impoverished Russian recluse who refused all prizes and academic appointments while solving an array of mathematical conundrums.

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