Kepler'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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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley & Sons,
[2003]
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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.