The Master Book Of Mathematical Recreations

Author : Fred Schuh
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486808955
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations written by Fred Schuh and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praised for its "exceptionally good value" by the Journal of Recreational Mathematics, this book offers fun-filled insights into many fields of mathematics. The brainteasers include original puzzles as well as new approaches to classic conundrums. A vast assortment of challenges features domino puzzles, the game of noughts and crosses, games of encirclement, sliding movement puzzles, subtraction games, puzzles in mechanics, games with piles of matches, a road puzzle with concentric circles, "Catch the Giant," and much more. Detailed solutions show several methods by which a particular problem may be answered, why one method is preferable, and where the others fail. With numerous worked examples, the clear, step-by-step analyses cover how the problem should be approached, including hints and enumeration of possibilities and determination of probabilities, application of the theory of probability, and evaluation of contingencies and mean values. Readers are certain to improve their puzzle-solving strategies as well as their mathematical skills.

Author : Albert H. Beiler
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486210960
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recreations in the Theory of Numbers written by Albert H. Beiler and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1964-01-01 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Number theory proves to be a virtually inexhaustible source of intriguing puzzle problems. Includes divisors, perfect numbers, the congruences of Gauss, scales of notation, the Pell equation, more. Solutions to all problems.

Author : Maurice Kraitchik
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486453588
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Recreations written by Maurice Kraitchik and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from ancient Greek and Roman problems to the most modern applications of special mathematical techniques for amusement, this popular volume contains material to delight both beginners and advanced mathematicians. Its 250 lively puzzles, problems, situations, and demonstrations of recreational mathematics feature full solutions and analyses. Fifty-seven highly unusual historic problems are derived from ancient Greek, medieval European, Arabic, and Hindu sources. Other problems are based on "mathematics without numbers," geometry, topology, the calendar, arithmetic, and the mathematics of chess moves. Fifty pages comprise numerical pastimes built out of figurate numbers, Mersenne numbers, Fermat numbers, cyclic numbers, automorphic numbers, and prime numbers; probability problems are also fully analyzed. More than forty pages are devoted to magic squares, and the concluding portion of the book presents more than twenty-five new positional and permutational games of permanent value. A discussion of fairy chess is followed by rules and procedural information on latruncles, go, reversi, jinx, ruma, lasca, tricolor, four-story towers, tetrachrome, and other games. More than a collection of wonderful puzzles, this volume offers a thorough, rigorous, and entertaining sampler of recreational mathematics, highlighted by numerous insights into specialized fields.

Author : Walter William Rouse Ball
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Recreations and Problems of Past and Present Times written by Walter William Rouse Ball and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David A. Klarner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780486400891
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Recreations written by David A. Klarner and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Games, puzzles by disciples of master mathematician include geometrical puzzles, items on tiling, numbers & coding theory, more.

Author : W. W. Rouse Ball
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015529571
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Recreations and Essays written by W. W. Rouse Ball and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Walter William Rouse Ball
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Recreations and Essays written by Walter William Rouse Ball and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Boris A. Kordemsky
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486270785
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Moscow Puzzles written by Boris A. Kordemsky and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1992-04-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of math and logic puzzles features number games, magic squares, tricks, problems with dominoes and dice, and cross sums, in addition to other intellectual teasers.

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Recreations written by Martin Gardner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than any of his other writing, Martin Gardner's Mathematical Recreations column in Scientific American cemented his reputation as America's premier writer on recreational mathematics and set the standard for the genre. The Last Recreations collects Gardner's columns from the last seven years before his retirement from the magazine in 1986.

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470463598
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Circus written by Martin Gardner and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This volume, first published in 1979, contains columns published in the magazine from 1968-1971. This 1992 MAA edition contains a foreword by Donald Knuth and a postscript and extended bibliography added by Gardner for this edition.