In a stunning, historical narrative, 'The Music of the Primes' reveals the history behind one of the biggest ideas in science. Prime numbers are the very atoms of arithmetic. They also embody one of the most tantalising enigmas in the pursuit of human knowledge. How can one predict when the next prime number will occur? Is there a formula which could generate primes? These apparently simple questions have confounded mathematicians ever since the Ancient Greeks. In 1859, the brilliant German mathematician Bernard Riemann put forward an idea which finally seemed to reveal a magical The Music of the Primes - Marcus du Sautoy od authora Marcus du Sautoy a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Marcus du Sautoy |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
368 |
Rok vydání |
2004 |
Nakladatelství |
HarperPerennial |