Stewart, Ian,  1945- <br/><br/>
The great mathematical problems / 
 Visions of infinity 
Ian Stewart. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York, NY :  Profile Books,  2014. 
 - x, 340 p. ;  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-324) and index. 
<br/><br/>Great problems -- Prime territory : Goldbach Conjecture -- The puzzle of pi : squaring the circle -- Mapmaking mysteries : Four Color theorem -- Sphereful symmetry : Kepler Conjecture -- New solutions for old : Mordell Conjecture -- Inadequate margins : Fermat's Last Theorem -- Orbital chaos : Three-body problem -- Patterns in prime : Riemann Hypothesis -- What shape is a sphere? : Poincaré Conjecture -- They can't all be easy : P/NP problem -- Fluid thinking : Navier-Stokes Equation -- Quantum conundrum : Mass Gap Hypothesis -- Diophantine dreams : Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture -- Complex cycles : Hodge Conjecture -- Where next? -- Twelve for the future. 
<br/><br/> "Overview of the most formidable problems mathematicians have vanquished, and those that vex them still"--Dust jacket flap. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781846683374 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012924095 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics.<br/>Number theory.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>510  / STE