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A certain ambiguity : a mathematical novel / Gaurav Suri & Hartosh Singh Bal.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.Description: 304 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780691127095 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813.6
  • 510 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3619 .S87 2007
Online resources: Summary: While studying infinity at Stanford, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather faced, and that had landed him in jail. Together, the two men discover the power of what has long been considered the pinnacle of human certainty, Euclidean geometry.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279).

While studying infinity at Stanford, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather faced, and that had landed him in jail. Together, the two men discover the power of what has long been considered the pinnacle of human certainty, Euclidean geometry.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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