Peter Winkler

Mathematical Puzzles (eBook, ePUB)

Revised Edition

• Format: ePub

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040049532
• Artikelnr.: 69994351

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

Author's Preface 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