Proofs from THE BOOK
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Proofs from THE BOOK is a book of mathematical proofs by Martin Aigner and Günter M Ziegler. The book is dedicated to mathematician Paul Erdős, who often referred to "The Book" in which God keeps all of the most elegant proofs of mathematical theorems. During a lecture in 1985, Erdős said, "You don't have to believe in God, but you should believe in The Book."
Proofs from THE BOOK contains 32 different proofs of theorems in a broad range of mathematical fields: number theory, geometry, analysis, combinatorics and graph theory. Erdős himself made many suggestions for the book, but died before its publication. The book is illustrated by Karl H. Hofmann.
[edit] References
- Aigner, M., Ziegler, G.M., Hofmann, K.H.; Proofs from THE BOOK (3/e). Springer, 2004. ISBN 3-540-40460-0.
[edit] Editions
- First edition: Springer, 1998. ISBN 3-540-67865-4
- Second edition: Springer, 2001. ISBN 3-540-63698-6
- Third edition: Springer 2004. ISBN 3-540-40460-0
