Mathematics
Subtitle: The New Golden Age
Edition: Rev Sub edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: March 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780231116398
Subjects: General Theory of Computing; History Of Mathematics; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; History & Philosophy; Physics; Mathematics / General
First sentence: The biggest (known) prime number in the world is a giant that requires 909,526 digits to write out in standard decimal format.