Famous Problems and Other Monographs - Chelsea Publications - American Mathematical Society - Books - American Mathematical Society - 9780821826744 - June 30, 2000
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Famous Problems and Other Monographs - Chelsea Publications


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Gives an understandable account of the famous problems of Geometry - The Duplication of the Cube, Trisection of the Angle, Squaring of the Circle - and the proofs that these cannot be solved by ruler and compass. This work includes problems about transcendental numbers, the existence of such numbers, and proofs of the transcendence of $e$.


321 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 30, 2000
ISBN13 9780821826744
Publishers American Mathematical Society
Pages 321
Dimensions 164 × 234 × 22 mm   ·   648 g

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