The impossible in mathematics /
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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Reston, Va. :
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics,
[1975], c1957.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | "Reprinted, with minor editorial changes, from the chapter 'Doing the impossible' in Monkey business, by Irving Adler." For secondary students. |
| Physical Description: | 25 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |