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Abel's proof : an essay on the sources and meaning of mathematical unsolvability / Peter Pesic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pesic, Peter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abel, Niels Henrik, 1802-1829.
- Abel, Niels Henrik.
- Equations, Roots of.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- In this history of ideas, Pesic presents the intellectual and human saga of a mathematical proof that transformed the world's ideas about mathematics. 46 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0262162164
- OCLC:
- 50440844
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