Kepler's conjecture : how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Szpiro, George, 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2003]
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 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.