Poincare Conjecture In Search of the Shape of the Universe

Name: Poincare Conjecture In Search of the Shape of the Universe
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ISBN: 9780802715326

ISBN-10: 080271532X

ISBN-13: 9780802715326

Edition: 2007

Authors: Donal O'Shea

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Henri Poincare was one of the greatest mathematicians of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He revolutionized the field of topology, which studies properties of geometric configurations that are unchanged by stretching or twisting. The Poincare conjecture lies at the heart of modern geometry and topology, and even pertains to the possible shape of the universe. The conjecture states that there is only one shape possible for a finite universe in which every loop can be contracted to a single point. Poincare's conjecture is one of the seven "millennium problems" that bring a one-million-dollar award for a solution. Grigory Perelman, a Russian mathematician, has offered a proof…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 3/6/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface



Cambridge, April 2003



The Shape of the Earth



Possible Worlds



The Shape of the Universe



Euclid's Geometry



The Non-Euclideans



Bernhard Riemann's Probationary Lecture



Riemann's Legacy



Klein and Poincare



Poincare's Topological Papers



The Great Savants



The Conjecture Takes Hold



Higher Dimensions



A Solution in the New Millennium



Madrid, August 2006


Notes


Glossary of Terms


Glossary of Names


Timeline


Bibliography


Further Reading


Art Credits


Acknowledgments


Index