Famous Problems of Mathematics : Solved and Unsolved Mathematical Problems, From Antiquity to Modern Times

Contains

Canonical title

Famous Problems of Mathematics : Solved and Unsolved Mathematical Problems, From Antiquity to Modern Times

Original title

Gelöste und ungelöste mathematische Probleme aus alter und neuer Zeit

Original publication date

1965 (American edition) (American edition); 1959 (Second revised German edition) (Second revised German edition)

Dedication

To my dear colleagues, Constantin Carathéodory and Oskar Perron, dedicated in grateful memory of all the years spent in common effort.

First words

One sometimes encounters quite curious conceptions as to what studying really means. (Preface)

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The arithmetic and the algebra that we learn in school have been known for centuries, and the geometry taught in the schools is for the most part some thousands of years old. (Introduction)