Mathematical Puzzles Paperback / softback
by Peter (Dartmouth College, USA) Winkler
Part of the AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
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 increases one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics.
Mathematical Puzzles makes this 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.
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:410 pages, 160 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:29/12/2020
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- ISBN:9780367206925
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:410 pages, 160 Illustrations, color
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:29/12/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780367206925
