The Poincare Conjecture: In Search of the Shape of the Universe

ISBN-13: 9780141032382 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 304 str.

Donal O'Shea

Opis

For over 100 years 'The Poincare Conjecture' was one of the most confounding puzzles. Invented by a French mathematician it was a theory that had the potential to describe the shape of the universe. It remained unproved & in 2000 the Clay Mathematics Institute identified it as one of the seven great conundrums of the new millennium."

Recenzje

Conveys topology's mind-bending contortions with great flair New Scientist

O autorze

Donal O'Shea is professor of mathematics and dean of faculty at Mount Holyoke College. He has written scholarly books and monographs, and his research articles have appeared in numerous journals and collections. He lives in South Hadley, Massachusetts.