Mathematical Wizardry for a Gardner -

Mathematical Wizardry for a Gardner

Buch | Hardcover
284 Seiten
2009
A K Peters (Verlag)
978-1-56881-447-6 (ISBN)
239,95 inkl. MwSt
Contains a variety of articles connected to puzzles, magic, and/ or mathematics, including the history behind given puzzles, solitaire puzzles, two-person games, and mathematically interesting objects. This title includes topics such as tangrams, peg solitaire, sodoku, coin-weighing problems, and anamorphoses.
In this volume, world-leading puzzle designers, puzzle collectors, mathematicians, and magicians continue the tradition of honoring Martin Gardner, who inspired them to enter mathematics, to enter magic, to bring magic into their mathematics, or to bring mathematics into their magic. This edited collection contains a variety of articles connected to puzzles, magic, and/or mathematics, including the history behind given puzzles, solitaire puzzles, two-person games, and mathematically interesting objects. Topics include tangrams, peg solitaire, sodoku, coin-weighing problems, anamorphoses, and more!

Ed Pegg Jr, Alan Schoen, Tom Rodgers

In Memoriam. Frank Harary. Harary. Spin a Tale. The Ig Nobel Prizes. Martin Gardner and Paperfolding. . . . Nothing but Confusion? Anamorphoses with Double Meaning. Ponder a Puzzle. Peg Solitaire with Diagonal Jumps. The Grand Time Sudoku and the Law of Leftovers. Patulous Pegboard Polygons. Beamer Variant. Packing Equal Circles in a Square. Bring a Friend. Uncountable Sets and an Infinite Real Number Game. The Cyclic Butler University Game. Misere Play of G-A-R-D-N-E-R, the G4G7 Heptagon Game. Play with Numbers. The Association Method for Solving Certain Coin-Weighing Problems. The Art of Ready Reckoning. Spherical Algebra. Mathematical Idol. The Elevator Problem. Take a Shape. Jordan as a Jordan Curve. Wang Tiles, Dynamical Systems, and Beatty Difference Sequences. The Trilobite and Cross. Orderly Tangles Revisited. Quasi-Periodic Essays in Architectural and Musical Form. Ellipses. Dances with Tangrams (and without Wolves). Two Special Polyhedra among the Regular Toroids.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.4.2009
Verlagsort Natick
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 476 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Spielen / Raten
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Allgemeines / Lexika
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
ISBN-10 1-56881-447-X / 156881447X
ISBN-13 978-1-56881-447-6 / 9781568814476
Zustand Neuware
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