Catalan's conjecture
Auteur :
Schoof, Rene
Éditeur :
Schoof, Rene
ISBN :
9781848001848
Date de publication :
13 nov. 2008
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 0,7 cm
Poids :
217 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In 1844, Eugene Charles Catalan conjectured that 8 and 9 are the only two consecutive perfect powers of natural numbers, and it was proved more than 150 years later. This book presents this spectacular result in a highly accessible way.