Mathematics: The Quest For Truth And Beauty
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Al-Khwarizmi
Alan Turing
Albert Einstein
Algebra
Algorithm
Andrew Wiles
Archimedes
Arithmetic
Arthur Porges
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Axiom of Choice
Banach Contraction Principle
Banach-Tarski Theorem
Bernoulli Trials
Blackwell's Bet
Bridges of Konigsberg
Cardinal Numbers
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Clay Millennium Problems
Collatz Conjecture
Complex Numbers
Computers
Continuum Hypothesis
Countable Sets
Cubic Equation
David Hilbert
Diagonal Process
Duplicating the Cube
Epimenides Paradox
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Equations
Erdos Numbers
Evariste Galois
Fermat's Last Theorem
Fixed Points
Four Color Theorem
Geometry
Georg Cantor
Girolamo Cardano
Goldbach Conjecture
Graph Theory
Great Mathematicians
Great Theorems
Grigori Perelman
Guessing Strategy
Haiku
Halting Problem
Hilbert's Hotel
Hilbert's Twenty-three Problems
Hippocrates
Incompleteness Theorem
Infinity
Insolubility of the Quintic
Isaac Newton
Jean-Paul Fourier
Kepler Conjecture
Kurt Godel
Leonhard Euler
Mathematical Beauty
Mathematical Elegance
Mathematical Quest
Mathematical Truth
Mathematics
Mathematics History
Multi-Armed Bandit Problem
Navier-Stokes Equation
Nearest Neighbor Algorithm
Niels-Henrik Abel
Number Theory
P vs NP
Paolo Ruffini
Partial Differential Equations
Permutation Groups
Pi
Pierre Wantzel
Poincare Conjecture
Polynomials
Prime Number Theorem
Prime Numbers
Probability
Proofs
Pythagorean Theorem
Quadratic Formula
Ramanujan
Rational Numbers
Regular Polygons
Riemann Hypothesis
RSA Algorithm
Rubik's Cube
Scipione Del Ferro
Set Theory
Squaring the Circle
Stefan Banach
Symmetry
Tartaglia
Topology
Transcendental Numbers
Traveling Salesman Problem
Trisecting the Angle
Twin Prime Conjecture
Unsolved Problems
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- ISBN 9789819806300
- Publication Date: 30 May 2025
- Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
- Publication City/Country: SG
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book tells the stories of some of the great quests of mathematics, such as the centuries-long pursuit for the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. These quests are searches for difficult-to-discover universal truths, pursued with passion not only by mathematicians and scientists, but by kings, emperors and even Jean-Luc Picard, the captain of Star Trek's Starship Enterprise. Some of their exploits are adventures as fascinating as any historical or current-day drama. The truths they have discovered help us understand not only mathematics, but also the Universe — and sometimes, ourselves.In addition to well-known quests such as Fermat's Last Theorem and the Goldbach Conjecture, some of the chapters describe more recent pursuits such as the Traveling Salesman Problem and the Multi-armed Bandit Problem. While some of the quests have been completed, others are still ongoing, and one (the Six Squares Problem) can be understood — and maybe even solved — by a five-year-old child.
