Mathematical puzzles
"Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increase one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics. Mathematical Puzzles will, for the first time, make the connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem. Features A collection of the world's best mathematical puzzles Each chapter features a technique for solving mat…
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- Full title :Mathematical puzzles / Peter Winkler ; illustrations by Jess Johnson.
Summary
"Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increase one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics. Mathematical Puzzles will, for the first time, make the connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem. Features A collection of the world's best mathematical puzzles Each chapter features a technique for solving mathematical puzzles, examples, and finally a genuine theorem of mathematics that features that technique in its proof Puzzles that are entertaining, mystifying, paradoxical, and satisfying; they are not just exercises or contest problems"--
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2021
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):CRC Press
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton, FL
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2021
Notes
"An A K Peters book" -- title page.
The Physical Object
- Description:cv, 410 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780367206925, 0367206927, 9780367206932, 0367206935
- oclc:on1183400438
- LC Classification:QA95
- Dewey Decimal:793.74
Table of Contents
The puzzles -- The hints -- Out for the count -- Achieving parity -- Intermediate math -- Graphography - Algebra too -- Safety in numbers -- The law of small numbers -- Weighs and means -- The power of negative thinking -- In all probability -- Working for the system -- The pigeonhole principle -- Information, please -- Great expectation -- Brilliant induction -- Journey into space -- Nimbers and the hamming code -- Unlimited potentials -- Hammer and tongs -- Let's get physical -- Back from the future -- Seeing is believing -- Infinite choice -- Starting transformation.
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