Proofs from THE BOOK av Martin Aigner, Gunter M. Ziegler

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<p>This revised and enlarged sixth edition of <i>Proofs from THE BOOK</i> features an entirely new chapter on Van der Waerden¿s permanent conjecture, as well as additional, highly original and delightful proofs in other chapters.</p><p><b>From the citation on the occasion of the 2018 "Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition"</b></p><p> <i>¿¿ It is almost impossible to write a mathematics book that can be read and enjoyed by people of all levels and backgrounds, yet Aigner and Ziegler accomplish this feat of exposition with virtuoso style. [¿] This book does an invaluable service to mathematics, by illustrating for non-mathematicians what it is that mathematicians mean when they speak about beauty.¿</i></p><p><b>From the Reviews</b></p><p><i>"... Inside PFTB (Proofs from The Book) is indeed a glimpse of mathematical heaven, where clever insights and beautiful ideas combine in astonishing and glorious ways. There is vast wealth within its pages, one gem after another