In Pursuit of Zeta-3: The World's Most Mysterious Unsolved Math Problem

by Paul J Nahin and Paul J. Nahin

Book Overview

An engrossing look at the history and importance of a centuries-old but still unanswered math problem

For centuries, mathematicians the world over have tried, and failed, to solve the zeta-3 problem. Math genius Leonhard Euler attempted it in the 1700s and came up short. The straightforward puzzle considers if there exists a simple symbolic formula for the following: 1+(1/2) 3+(1/3) 3+(1/4) 3+. . . . But why is this issue--the sum...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691206074
• ISBN13: 9780691206073
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 9.4"