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Mathematical mountaintops : the five most famous problems of all time

by John L. Casti

This volume details the solutions to five significant mathematical challenges: the four-colour map problem, Fermat's last theorem, the Continuum hypothesis, Kepler's conjecture, and Hilbert's tenth problem.

Accession 30292 ISBN 0195141717 Publisher Oxford University Press
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