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In 1844, Catalan conjectured that 8 and 9 were the only consecutive integral powers. The problem of consecutive powers is more easily grasped than Fermats last theorem, so recently vanquished. In this book, Paulo Ribenboim brings together for the first time the diverse approaches to proving Catalans conjecture. These range from the elementary methods that apply in special cases (Part A) to powerful and general results in diophantine approximation (Part C) which yieldthe strongest results to date.
In 1976, Tijdeman found a computable bound above which there are no consecutive powers. Langerin reduced this to an exponential: exp (exp (exp (exp (730)))). The enormous gap between such bonds-and the only known consecutive powers, 8 and 9-has been narrowed, but its immensity suggests the difficulty of such problems, as well as the interesting and fruitful methods developed for attacking them.
Ribenboims book will appeal to anyone interested in how number theorists attack difficult problems. Its concrete focus on an easy to state problem is a relief from such generalities as the related A, B, C conjecture, and will prove to be a good point ofdeparture for seminars in number theory. The text includes many beautiful results of classical number theory not found in any other book. The treatment is fully accessible and self-contained, making this book as attractive as the authors 13 Lectures on Fermats Last Theorem, and his book, Book of Prime Records. ... Read more

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Recent years have witnessed significant breakthroughs in the theory of $p$-adic Galois representations and $p$-adic periods of algebraic varieties. This book contains papers presented at the Workshop on $p$-Adic Monodromy and the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture, held at Boston University in August 1991. The workshop aimed to deepen understanding of the interdependence between $p$-adic Hodge theory, analogues of the conjecture of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer, $p$-adic uniformization theory, $p$-adic differential equations, and deformations of Galois representations. Much of the workshop was devoted to exploring how the special values of ($p$-adic and "classical") $L$-functions and their derivatives are relevant to arithmetic issues, as envisioned in "Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer-type conjectures", "Main Conjectures", and "Beilinson-type conjectures" à la Greenberg and Coates. ... Read more

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This self-contained monograph provides systematic, instructive analysis ofsecond-order rational difference equations. After classifying the various types of these equations and introducing some preliminary results, the authors systematically investigate each equation for semicycles, invariant intervals, boundedness, periodicity, and global stability. Of paramount importance in their own right, the results presented also offer prototypes towards the development of the basic theory of the global behavior of solutions of nonlinear difference equations of order greater than one. The techniques and results in this monograph are also extremely useful in analyzing the equations in the mathematical models of various biological systems and other applications. Each chapter contains a section of open problems and conjectures that will stimulate further research interest in working towards a complete understanding of the dynamics of the equation and its functional generalizations-many of them ideal for research projects or Ph.D. theses. Clear, simple, and direct exposition combined with thoughtful uniformity in the presentation make Dynamics of Second Order Rational Difference Equations valuable as an advanced undergraduate or a graduate-level text, a reference for researchers, and as a supplement to every textbook on difference equations at all levels of instruction.Amazon.com Review
Reference, supplement, and textbook, this volume hits the trifecta of mathematical publishing. Careful analyses of second-order rational difference equations precede a discussion of potential global solutions and reams of thorny problems crying out for work. --Rob Lightner ... Read more

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Title: The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal.(Review) (book review)
Author: John Derbyshire
Publication: New Criterion (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2001
Publisher: Foundation for Cultural Review
Volume: 19Issue: 10Page: 79

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The Novikov Conjecture is the single most important unsolved problem in the topology of high-dimensional non-simply connected manifolds. These two volumes are the outgrowth of a conference held at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (Germany) in September, 1993, on the subject of `Novikov Conjectures, Index Theorems and Rigidity'. They are intended to give a snapshot of the status of work on the Novikov Conjecture and related topics from many points of view: geometric topology, homotopy theory, algebra, geometry, analysis. ... Read more

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From the Preface: "I felt it would be useful for graduate students to see a detailed account of the sequence of mathematical developments which was inspired by the Conjecture, and which ultimately led to its full solution.... I offered a course on Serre's Conjecture to a small group of graduate students in January, 1977 [at the University of California, Berkeley] one year after its solution by Quillen and Suslin. My course was taught very much in the spirit of a mathematical 'guided tour'. Volunteering as the guide, I took upon myself the task of charting a route through all the beautiful mathematics surrounding the main problem to be treated; the 'guide' then leads his audience through the route, on to the destination, pointing out the beautiful sceneries and historical landmarks along the way." ... Read more

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Publisher: Basil J. DeckerPublication date: 1799Subjects: Milton, John, 1608-1674Milton, John, 1608-1674Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This book presents a self-contained introduction to H.M. Stark’s remarkable conjectures about the leading term of the Taylor expansion of Artin’s L-functions at s=0. These conjectures can be viewed as a vast generalization of Dirichlet’s class number formula and Kronecker’s limit formula. They provide an unexpected contribution to Hilbert’s 12^th problem on the generalization of class fields by the values of transcendental functions. This volume belongs on the shelf of every mathematics library.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more