impossible in mathematics

the trisection of an angle, the fifteen puzzle, and other problems.

By Irving Adler

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Publish Date

1967

Publisher

The John Day Co.

Language

eng

Pages

Description:

Brief accounts of historical attempts to prove impossible problems in mathematics, such as the trisection problem, the "fifteen" and "64" puzzles, squaring the circle, etc.

subjects: Famous problems, Geometry, Juvenile literature, Mathematical recreations, Mathematics, Problems, exercises