In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation by Cook, William J.

In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation

The story of one of the greatest unsolved problems in mathematics What is the shortest possible route...
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Author: William J. Cook
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In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation by Cook, William J.

In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation

$34.11

In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation

$34.11
Author: William J. Cook
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The story of one of the greatest unsolved problems in mathematics

What is the shortest possible route for a traveling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet the traveling salesman problem is one of the most intensely studied puzzles in applied mathematics--and it has defied solution to this day. In this book, William Cook takes readers on a mathematical excursion, picking up the salesman's trail in the 1800s when Irish mathematician W. R. Hamilton first defined the problem, and venturing to the furthest limits of today's state-of-the-art attempts to solve it. He also explores its many important applications, from genome sequencing and designing computer processors to arranging music and hunting for planets.

In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman travels to the very threshold of our understanding about the nature of complexity, and challenges you yourself to discover the solution to this captivating mathematical problem.

Author: William J. Cook
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 11/09/2014
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.32w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780691163529

About the Author
William J. Cook is professor of combinatorics and optimization at the University of Waterloo. He is the coauthor of The Traveling Salesman Problem: A Computational Study (Princeton).

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