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The Millennium Problems

By Keith Devlin

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The definitive account of the Everests of mathematics--the seven unsolved problems that define the state of the art in contemporary math.

In 2000, the Clay Foundation announced a historic competition: whoever could solve any of seven extraordinarily difficult mathematical problems, and have the sContinue

The definitive account of the Everests of mathematics--the seven unsolved problems that define the state of the art in contemporary math.

In 2000, the Clay Foundation announced a historic competition: whoever could solve any of seven extraordinarily difficult mathematical problems, and have the solution acknowledged as correct by the experts, would receive $1 million in prize money. There was some precedent for doing this: In 1900 the mathematician David Hilbert proposed twenty-three problems that set much of the agenda for mathematics in the twentieth century. The Millennium Problems--chosen by a committee of the leading mathematicians in the world--are likely to acquire similar stature, and their solution (or lack of it) is likely to play a strong role in determining the course of mathematics in the twenty-first century. Keith Devlin, renowned expositor of mathematics and one of the authors of the Clay Institute's official description of the problems, here provides the definitive account for the mathematically interested reader.

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  • A hard climb to the top

    The Millennium Problems by Keith Devlin 256pp, Granta, £20 In 1714 the British government offered a prize for anyone who could invent a method to determine longitude. The navy was suffering many losses due to mistakes in navigation. The further expan ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • The Seven Million Dollar Question

    In May 2000 the Clay Mathematics Institute announced that it was offering seven prizes, worth $1 million each, for the solutions to seven mathematical problems, which had been identified by a group of internationally acclaimed mathematicians as the s ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Thu, 2 Sep 2010

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  • The mere purpose I bought this book is to read another exposition of the Riemann Hypothesis and I got what I want.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 256 Pages
  • Edition: New Ed
  • ISBN-10: 1862077355
  • ISBN-13: 9781862077355
  • Publisher: Granta Books
  • Pub date: Mar 07, 2005
  • Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover
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