Equation that couldn't be solved : how mathematical genius discovered the language of symmetry (Record no. 43454)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780743258210 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 100 |
| Item number | LIV |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Livio, Mario |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Equation that couldn't be solved : how mathematical genius discovered the language of symmetry |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Simon & Schuster Paperbacks |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii,353p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | CONTENTS<br/>Preface xi<br/>1. Symmetry 1<br/>2. eyE s'dniM eht ni yrtemmyS 29<br/>3. Never Forget This in the Midst of<br/>Your Equations 51<br/>4. The Poverty-Stricken Mathematician 90<br/>5. The Romantic Mathematician 112<br/>6. Groups 158<br/>7. Symmetry Rules 198<br/>8. Who's the Most Symmetrical of<br/>Them All? 233<br/>9. Requiem for a Romantic Genius 262<br/>Appendix 1. Card Puzzle 277<br/>Appendix 2. Solving a System of Two Linear Equations 278<br/>Appendix 3. Diopbantus's Solution 280<br/>Appendix 4. A Diophantine Equation 281<br/>Appendix 5. Tartaglia's Verses and Formula 282<br/>Appendix 6. Adriaan van Roomens Challenge 285<br/>Appendix 7. Properties of the Roots of Quadratic Equations 286<br/>Appendix 8. The Galois Family Tree 288<br/>Appendix 9 . The 14-15 Puzzle 291<br/>Appendix 10. Solution to the Matches Problem 292<br/>Notes 293<br/>References 309<br/>Index 337 |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 46644 |
| 890 ## - Country | |
| Country | USA |
| 891 ## - Topic | |
| Topic | Gratis from Dr. Bharat Dave |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 09/01/2017 | Dr. Bharat Dave | 0.00 | 2 | 100 LIV | 015316 | 24/10/2018 | 22/10/2018 | 0.00 | 11/04/2016 | Book |