The impossible in mathematics /

Brief accounts of historical attempts to prove impossible problems in mathematics, such as the trisection problem, the "fifteen" and "64" puzzles, squaring the circle, etc.

Збережено в:
Бібліографічні деталі
Автор: Adler, Irving
Формат: Книга
Мова:English
Опубліковано: Reston, Va. : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, [1975], c1957.
Предмети:
Опис
Резюме:Brief accounts of historical attempts to prove impossible problems in mathematics, such as the trisection problem, the "fifteen" and "64" puzzles, squaring the circle, etc.
Опис примірника:"Reprinted, with minor editorial changes, from the chapter 'Doing the impossible' in Monkey business, by Irving Adler."
For secondary students.
Фізичний опис:25 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.