String Figures As Mathematics

Author : Eric Vandendriessche
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331911994X
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book String Figures as Mathematics? written by Eric Vandendriessche and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the mathematical rationality contained in the making of string figures. It does so by using interdisciplinary methods borrowed from anthropology, mathematics, history and philosophy of mathematics. The practice of string figure-making has long been carried out in many societies, and particularly in those of oral tradition. It consists in applying a succession of operations to a string (knotted into a loop), mostly using the fingers and sometimes the feet, the wrists or the mouth. This succession of operations is intended to generate a final figure. The book explores different modes of conceptualization of the practice of string figure-making and analyses various source material through these conceptual tools: it looks at research by mathematicians, as well as ethnographical publications, and personal fieldwork findings in the Chaco, Paraguay, and in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, which all give evidence of the rationality that underlies this activity. It concludes that the creation of string figures may be seen as the result of intellectual processes, involving the elaboration of algorithms, and concepts such as operation, sub-procedure, iteration, and transformation.

Author : James R. Murphy
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781438246789
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Murphy's String Figures written by James R. Murphy and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: a collection of articles first published in the international string figure association bulletin, printed here with the kind permission of the organization.

Author : Caroline F. Jayne
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486201528
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book String Figures and how to Make Them written by Caroline F. Jayne and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1962-01-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diagrams and text illustrate the steps involved in creating over one hundred string figures while providing information on their origin and cultural background

Author : Walter William Rouse Ball
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book String Figures written by Walter William Rouse Ball and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : International String Figure Association
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486404004
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fascinating String Figures written by International String Figure Association and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects instructions drawn from the pages of String Figure Magazine explaining how to create such string "sculptures" as "Twinkling star," "Polar Bear," "Erupting volcano," and "Andromeda galaxy"

Author : Ali R. Amir-Moéz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematics and String Figures written by Ali R. Amir-Moéz and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pierre Deligne
Publisher : American Mathematical Society
ISBN 13 : 0821820133
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quantum Fields and Strings: A Course for Mathematicians written by Pierre Deligne and published by American Mathematical Society. This book was released on 1999-10-25 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A run-away bestseller from the moment it hit the market in late 1999. This impressive, thick softcover offers mathematicians and mathematical physicists the opportunity to learn about the beautiful and difficult subjects of quantum field theory and string theory. Cover features an intriguing cartoon that will bring a smile to its intended audience.

Author : Clay Mathematics Institute. Summer School
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 9780821837153
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strings and Geometry written by Clay Mathematics Institute. Summer School and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains selection of expository and research article by lecturers at the school. Highlights current interests of researchers working at the interface between string theory and algebraic supergravity, supersymmetry, D-branes, the McKay correspondence andFourer-Mukai transform.

Author : Walter William Rouse Ball
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book String Figures written by Walter William Rouse Ball and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John D. Beasley
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048615162X
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mathematics of Games written by John D. Beasley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mind-exercising and thought-provoking."—New Scientist If playing games is natural for humans, analyzing games is equally natural for mathematicians. Even the simplest of games involves the fundamentals of mathematics, such as figuring out the best move or the odds of a certain chance event. This entertaining and wide-ranging guide demonstrates how simple mathematical analysis can throw unexpected light on games of every type—games of chance, games of skill, games of chance and skill, and automatic games. Just how random is a card shuffle or a throw of the dice? Is bluffing a valid poker strategy? How can you tell if a puzzle is unsolvable? How large a role does luck play in games like golf and soccer? This book examines each of these issues and many others, along with the general principles behind such classic puzzles as peg solitaire and Rubik's cube. Lucid, instructive, and full of surprises, it will fascinate mathematicians and gamesters alike.