FAMOUS PROBLEMS OF MATHEMATICS Solved and Unsolved MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS From Antiquity to Modern Times BY MEINRICH TIETZE Professor of Mathematics University of Munich Authorized Trunslation from the Second (1959) Revised German Edition Edited by BEATRICE KEVITE HOFSTADTER and HORACE KOMM GRAYLOCK PRESS NEW YORK 1965Copyright © 1965, GRAYLOOK PREss New York Originally published in two volumes as Geldste und ungeldste mathematische Probleme aus ‘alter und neuer Zeit © 1959 by C. H. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Mrinchen All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in form, or translated, without. permis. sion in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 04-8910 Manufactured in the United State of AmericaTO MY DEAR COLLEAGUES CONSTANTIN CARATHEODORY AND OSKAR PERRON DEDICATED IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF ALL THE YEARS SPENT IN A COMMON EFFORT