Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-324) and index
Contents:
Great problems Prime territory : Goldbach Conjecture The puzzle of pi : squaring the circle Mapmaking mysteries : Four Color theorem Sphereful symmetry : Kepler Conjecture New solutions for old : Mordell Conjecture Inadequate margins : Fermat's Last Theorem Orbital chaos : Three-body problem Patterns in prime : Riemann Hypothesis What shape is a sphere? : Poincaré Conjecture They can't all be easy : P/NP problem Fluid thinking : Navier-Stokes Equation Quantum conundrum : Mass Gap Hypothesis Diophantine dreams : Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture Complex cycles : Hodge Conjecture Where next? Twelve for the future