Martin Gardner
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 2009
9780521756075
Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi
Martin Gardner's New Mathematical Diversions
Specificaties
Gebonden, 298 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
e druk, 2009
ISBN13: 9780521756075
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
The New Martin Gardn
Verwachte levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Packing spheres, Reversi, braids, polyominoes, board games, and the puzzles of Lewis Carroll. These and other mathematical diversions return to readers with updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries. Read about Knuth's Word Ladders program and the latest developments in the digits of pi. Once again these timeless puzzles will charm readers while demonstrating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other fields of mathematics.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521756075
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:298
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Serie:The New Martin Gardn
Inhoudsopgave
1. The binary system; 2. Group theory and braids; 3. Eight problems; 4. The games and puzzles of Lewis Carroll; 5. Paper cutting; 6. Board games; 7. Sphere packing; 8. The transcendental number Pi; 9. Victor Eigen, mathemagician; 10. The four-color map theorem; 11. Mr. Apollinax visits New York; 12. Nine problems; 13. Polyominoes and fault-free rectangles; 14. Euler's spoilers: the discovery of an Order-10 Graeco-Latin square; 15. The ellipse; 16. The 24 color squares and the 30 color cubes; 17. H. S. M. Coxeter; 18. Bridg-it and other games; 19. Nine more problems; 20. The calculus of finite differences.