The Problem That Saved a Man’s Life

Philip J. Davis and William G. Chinn

Chapter 1 in 3.1416 And All That, 1985, pp 1-6 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION—even in the world of mathematics. It is hard to believe that the mathematical ideas of a small religious sect of ancient Greece were able to save—some twenty-five hundred years later—the life of a young man who lived in Germany. The story is related to some very important mathematics and has a number of strange twists.*

Keywords: Fourth Power; Good Mathematician; Romantic Attachment; Momentous Decision; Unwarranted Assumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8519-0_1

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