In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman: Mathematics at the Limits of Computation

by William J. Cook

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The story of one of the greatest unsolved problems in mathematics

What is the shortest possible route for a traveling salesman seeking to visit each city on a list exactly once and return to his city of origin? It sounds simple enough, yet the traveling salesman problem is one of the most intensely studied puzzles in applied mathematics--and it has defied solution to this day. In this book, William Cook takes readers on a mathematical...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691163529

ISBN13:9780691163529

Release Date:November 2014

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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Math Mathematical Analysis Mathematics Science & Math

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