Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory

A look at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in mathematics today Elliptic Tales describes the...
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Author: Avner Ash
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Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory by Ash, Avner

Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory

$34.16

Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory

$34.16
Author: Avner Ash
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A look at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in mathematics today

Elliptic Tales describes the latest developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in contemporary mathematics--the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture. In this book, Avner Ash and Robert Gross guide readers through the mathematics they need to understand this captivating problem.

The key to the conjecture lies in elliptic curves, which may appear simple, but arise from some very deep--and often very mystifying--mathematical ideas. Using only basic algebra and calculus while presenting numerous eye-opening examples, Ash and Gross make these ideas accessible to general readers, and, in the process, venture to the very frontiers of modern mathematics.

Author: Avner Ash, Robert Gross
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 10/19/2014
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.39h x 6.07w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780691163505

About the Author
Avner Ash is professor of mathematics at Boston College. Robert Gross is associate professor of mathematics at Boston College. They are the coauthors of Fearless Symmetry: Exposing the Hidden Patterns of Numbers (Princeton).

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