Perfect Powers—An Ode to Erdős
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- Hardcover
184 pages
- Release Date
27 April 2025
Summary
Unveiling Perfect Powers: An Exploration of Erdős’ Enduring Conjecture
The book delves into the fascinating mathematical problem of determining whether a product of integers in arithmetic progression can result in a square or a higher power. This question, seemingly straightforward, is steeped in mathematical theory that has captivated mathematicians for generations. Fermat famously stated the impossibility of four squares forming an arithmetic progression. Euler extended this, prov…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9789819625987 |
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| ISBN-10: | 981962598X |
| Series: | Infosys Science Foundation Series in Mathematical Sciences |
| Author: | Saradha Natarajan |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Imprint: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 27 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Saradha Natarajan
Saradha Natarajan, Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi India, has been INSA Senior Research Scientist, affiliated with the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai, until 2023. Formerly, she has been Professor in the School of Mathematics, at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. She was Post-Doctoral Fellow at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada; Macquarie University, Australia; and the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), India. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Madras, Chennai, India, in 1983, under the guidance of Prof. T. S. Bhanu Murthy. Her area of specialization is number theory, in general, and transcendental number theory and Diophantine equations, in particular.
She has published several papers in several international and Indian journals of repute. She has collaborated with many foreign and Indian mathematicians.
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