A History of Mathematical Impossibility

This book tells the history of impossibility theorems starting with the ancient Greek proof of the incommensurability of the side and the diagonal in a square.

• | : Jesper Lutzen (Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Copenhagen)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 26, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0192867393
• | ISBN-13: 9780192867391