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Fermat's Enigma [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 315 pages, kõrgus x laius: 197x146 mm, kaal: 431 g, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Nov-1997
  • Kirjastus: Walker & Co
  • ISBN-10: 0802713319
  • ISBN-13: 9780802713315
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 315 pages, kõrgus x laius: 197x146 mm, kaal: 431 g, Illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Nov-1997
  • Kirjastus: Walker & Co
  • ISBN-10: 0802713319
  • ISBN-13: 9780802713315
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Scheduled to be published across the globe, the story of Fermat's Last Theorem, devised by the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat, recounts the struggles of three and a half centuries of scientists to devise a proof for it.

The story of Fermat's Last Theorem, devised by the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat, recounts the struggles of three and a half centuries of scientists to devise a proof for it

Tells the story of the 350-year search for a proof for Fermat's last theorem, focusing on the work of two modern-day mathematicians. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Foreword vii(8) John Lynch Preface xv
1. I Think Ill Stop Here 1(34)
2. The Riddler 35(36)
3. A Mathematical Disgrace 71(50)
4. Into Abstraction 121(50)
5. Proof by Contradiction 171(34)
6. The Secret Calculation 205(50)
7. A Slight Problem 255(24) Epilogue: Grand Unified Mathematics 279(8) Appendixes 287(14) Suggestions for Further Reading 301(5) Picture Credits 306(1) Index 307