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This
book is a tribute to Paul Erdos, the wandering mathematician once
described as the “prince of problem solvers and the absolute
monarch of problem posers.” It examines—within the context of his
unique personality and lifestyle—the legacy of open problems he
left to the world after his death in 1996.
Unwilling to succumb to the temptations of money and
position, Erdos never had a home and never held a job. His “home”
was a bag or two containing all his belongings and a record of the
collective activities of the mathematical community. His “job” was
one at which he excelled: identifying a fundamental roadblock in
some particular line of approach and capturing it in a well-chosen,
often innocent-looking problem, whose solution would likewise
provide insight into the underlying theory.
By cataloguing the unsolved problems of Erdos in a
comprehensive and well-documented volume, the authors hope to
continue the work of an unusual and special man who fundamentally
influenced the field of mathematics. |
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| Fan Chung, Ron Graham ISBN: 9781568810799 |
Hardback - 1998 |
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