The Goldbach conjecture:

This book provides a detailed description of a most important unsolved mathematical problem - the Goldbach conjecture. Raised in 1742 in a letter from Goldbach to Euler, this conjecture attracted the attention of many mathematical geniuses. Several great achievements were made, but only until the 19...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore World Scientific Pub. Co. c2002
Edition:2nd ed
Series:Series in pure mathematics v. 4
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Online Access:FHN01
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Summary:This book provides a detailed description of a most important unsolved mathematical problem - the Goldbach conjecture. Raised in 1742 in a letter from Goldbach to Euler, this conjecture attracted the attention of many mathematical geniuses. Several great achievements were made, but only until the 1920's. The book gives an exposition of these results and their impact on mathematics, particularly, number theory. It also presents (partly or wholly) selections from important literature, so that readers can get a full picture of the conjecture
Item Description:"All papers in Chinese, French, German and Russian have been translated into English"--Pref. to the 1st ed
Physical Description:xi, 329 p
ISBN:9789812776600

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