Peter Winkler

Mathematical Puzzles

Revised Edition

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Research in maths 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 maths. This book makes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 411
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 898g
• ISBN-13: 9781032709536
• ISBN-10: 1032709537
• Artikelnr.: 70633736

Autorenporträt

Peter Winkler is the William Morrill Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Dartmouth College, and for 2019 - 2020, the Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics at the National Museum of Mathematics. He is the author of 160 research papers, a dozen patents, two previous puzzle books, a book on cryptographic techniques in the game of bridge, and a portfolio of compositions for ragtime piano.

Inhaltsangabe

The Puzzles The Hints 1. Out for the Count 2. Achieving Parity 3.
Intermediate Math 4. Graphography 5. Algebra Too 6. Safety in Numbers 7.
The Law of Small Numbers 8. Weighs and Means 9. The Power of Negative
Thinking 10. In All Probability 11. Working for the System 12. The
Pigeonhole Principle 13. Information, Please 14. Great Expectation 15.
Brilliant Induction 16. Journey Into Space 17. Nimbers and the Hamming Code
18. Unlimited Potentials 19. Hammer and Tongs 20. Let's Get Physical 21.
Back from the Future 22. Seeing is Believing 23. Infinite Choice 24.
Startling Transformation Notes & Sources

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Preface, Insight, Numbers, Combinatorics, Probability, Geometry, Geography(!), Games, Algorithms, More Games, Handicaps, Toughies, Unsolved Puzzles, Afterword, Index of Puzzles

Rezensionen

" Winkler's book will certainly appeal to the mathematician, as well as to students of all ages-high-school, college, and graduate. His philosophy of what constitutes a good puzzle is right on the mark, showing that this Connoisseur's Collection really is of quality and depth. -James Tanton, MAA Online, September 2004
""I have gained great satisfaction from those [puzzles] I've managed to solve . . . This is a great collection of seriously hard questions."" -The Mathematical Gazette, March 2006
""As an enthusiastic solver and collector of mathematical puzzles myself, I was absolutely delighted with this book. The sheer density of mathematical ideas and challenges sets it apart from other books of a similar nature while the lucid yet informal style of exposition makes the journey from ignorance to enlightenment enjoyable."" -Norman Do, The Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, July 2004"