Author: Bonnie Averbach

Publisher: Courier Corporation

ISBN:

Category: Mathematics

Page: 480

View: 899

Fascinating approach to mathematical teaching stresses use of recreational problems, puzzles, and games to teach critical thinking. Logic, number and graph theory, games of strategy, much more. Includes answers to selected problems. Free solutions manual available for download at the Dover website.

Author: Jennifer Beineke

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN:

Category: Mathematics

Page: 288

View: 858

The history of mathematics is filled with major breakthroughs resulting from solutions to recreational problems. Problems of interest to gamblers led to the modern theory of probability, for example, and surreal numbers were inspired by the game of Go. Yet even with such groundbreaking findings and a wealth of popular-level books exploring puzzles and brainteasers, research in recreational mathematics has often been neglected. The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects brings together authors from a variety of specialties to present fascinating problems and solutions in recreational mathematics. Contributors to the book show how sophisticated mathematics can help construct mazes that look like famous people, how the analysis of crossword puzzles has much in common with understanding epidemics, and how the theory of electrical circuits is useful in understanding the classic Towers of Hanoi puzzle. The card game SET is related to the theory of error-correcting codes, and simple tic-tac-toe takes on a new life when played on an affine plane. Inspirations for the book's wealth of problems include board games, card tricks, fake coins, flexagons, pencil puzzles, poker, and so much more. Looking at a plethora of eclectic games and puzzles, The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects is sure to entertain, challenge, and inspire academic mathematicians and avid math enthusiasts alike.

Author: David Singmaster

Publisher: World Scientific

ISBN:

Category: Mathematics

Page: 496

View: 982

David Singmaster believes in the presentation and teaching of mathematics as recreation. When the Rubik's Cube took off in 1978, based on thinly disguised mathematics, he became seriously interested in mathematical puzzles which would provide mental stimulation for students and professional mathematicians. He has not only published the standard mathematical solution for the Rubik's cube still in use today, but he has also become the de facto scribe and noted chronicler of the recreational mathematics puzzles themselves.Dr Singmaster is also an ongoing lecturer of recreational mathematics around the globe, a noted mechanical puzzle collector, owner of thousands of books related to recreational mathematical puzzles and the 'go to' source for the history of individual mathematical puzzles.This set of two books provides readers with an adventure into previously unknown origins of ancient puzzles, which could be traced back to their Medieval, Chinese, Arabic and Indian sources. The puzzles are fully described, many with illustrations, adding interest to their history and relevance to contemporary mathematical concepts. These are musings of a respected historian of recreational mathematics.

Author: Vijaya Khandhurie

Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan

ISBN:

Category: Reference

Page: 198

View: 496

The purpose of penning this book is to create interest for mathematics among the students, especially those studying in schools whether in Class I or in Class XII. The teachers can use it as a reference book and before teaching any topic, try to put some entertaining math problem or puzzle, the children will be attracted to the subject in a natural way. The title ÔThe Joy of Recreational MathematicsÕ is employed to cover those mathematical activities like puzzles and games which are not included in the text books. These activities are meant to generate curiosity and amusement so that the children find attraction towards the subject. Young parents can play with their school-going children to amuse them by asking 'think of a number' thereby helping them to appreciate the wonder of numbers or a teacher telling children how to remember tables from 2 to 99 and helping them doing large calculations within seconds. The book will certainly act as a playing arena.

Author: Maurice Kraitchik

Publisher: Courier Corporation

ISBN:

Category: Mathematics

Page: 328

View: 819

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: Stanley Rabinowitz

Publisher: MathPro Press

ISBN:

Category: Mathematics

Page: 532

View: 268

A compendium of over 5,000 problems with subject, keyword, author and citation indexes.

Author: William Leonard Schaaf

Publisher:

ISBN:

Category: Mathematical recreations

Page:

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Author: FLORENTIN SMARANDACHE

Publisher: Infinite Study

ISBN:

Category:

Page: 3

View: 686

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Author: Benjamin L Schwartz

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN:

Category: Psychology

Page: 160

View: 676

A collection of solitaires and games.

Author: T. H. O'Beirne

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

ISBN:

Category: Games & Activities

Page: 256

View: 469

These marvelous, stimulating games for the mind include geometric paradoxes, cube and color arrangement puzzles, calendar paradoxes, much more. Detailed solutions prepare readers for puzzles of even greater complexity.

Author: Richard K. Guy

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

ISBN:

Category: Mathematics

Page: 367

View: 451

In August of 1986, a special conference on recreational mathematics was held at the University of Calgary to celebrate the founding of the Strens Collection. Leading practitioners of recreational mathematics from around the world gathered in Calgary to share with each other the joy and spirit of play that is to be found in recreational mathematics. It would be difficult to find a better collection of wonderful articles on recreational mathematics by a more distinguished group of authors. If you are interested in tessellations, Escher, tilings, Rubik's cube, pentominoes, games, puzzles, the arbelos, Henry Dudeney, or change ringing, then this book is for you.

Author: William Leonard Schaaf

Publisher:

ISBN:

Category: Mathematical recreations

Page: 143

View: 549

Author: Antal Balog

Publisher: Birkhäuser

ISBN:

Category: Mathematics

Page: 405

View: 311

This is the second volume of the procedings of the second European Congress of Mathematics. Volume I presents the speeches delivered at the Congress, the list of lectures, and short summaries of the achievements of the prize winners. Together with volume II it contains a collection of contributions by the invited lecturers. Finally, volume II also presents reports on some of the Round Table discussions. This two-volume set thus gives an overview of the state of the art in many fields of mathematics and is therefore of interest to every professional mathematician. Contributors: Vol. I: N. Alon, L. Ambrosio, K. Astala, R. Benedetti, Ch. Bessenrodt, F. Bethuel, P. Bjørstad, E. Bolthausen, J. Bricmont, A. Kupiainen, D. Burago, L. Caporaso, U. Dierkes, I. Dynnikov, L.H. Eliasson, W.T. Gowers, H. Hedenmalm, A. Huber, J. Kaczorowski, J. Kollár, D.O. Kramkov, A.N. Shiryaev, C. Lescop, R. März. Vol. II: J. Matousek, D. McDuff, A.S. Merkurjev, V. Milman, St. Müller, T. Nowicki, E. Olivieri, E. Scoppola, V.P. Platonov, J. Pöschel, L. Polterovich , L. Pyber, N. Simányi, J.P. Solovej, A. Stipsicz, G. Tardos, J.-P. Tignol, A.P. Veselov, E. Zuazua.

Author: Jennifer Beineke

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN:

Category: Crafts & Hobbies

Page: 352

View: 966

This volume brings together authors from a variety of specialties to present fascinating problems and solutions in recreational mathematics.

Author:

Publisher:

ISBN:

Category: Mathematical recreations

Page:

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Author: Mircea Pitici

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN:

Category: Mathematics

Page: 383

View: 859

This anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else--and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. Here Ian Hacking discusses the salient features that distinguish mathematics from other disciplines of the mind; Doris Schattschneider identifies some of the mathematical inspirations of M. C. Escher's art; Jordan Ellenberg describes compressed sensing, a mathematical field that is reshaping the way people use large sets of data; Erica Klarreich reports on the use of algorithms in the job market for doctors; and much, much more. In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a foreword by esteemed physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us--and where it is headed.

Author: William Leonard Schaaf

Publisher:

ISBN:

Category: Mathematical recreations

Page: 129

View: 920

Author: Mircea Pitici

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN:

Category: Mathematics

Page: 392

View: 856

This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2015 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else—and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. Here David Hand explains why we should actually expect unlikely coincidences to happen; Arthur Benjamin and Ethan Brown unveil techniques for improvising custom-made magic number squares; Dana Mackenzie describes how mathematicians are making essential contributions to the development of synthetic biology; Steven Strogatz tells us why it's worth writing about math for people who are alienated from it; Lisa Rougetet traces the earliest written descriptions of Nim, a popular game of mathematical strategy; Scott Aaronson looks at the unexpected implications of testing numbers for randomness; and much, much more. In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes a bibliography of other notable writings and an introduction by the editor, Mircea Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us—and where it is headed.

Author: Susan Nicodemus Gilkey

Publisher: Eye On Education

ISBN:

Category: Education

Page: 186

View: 979

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author: Ivor Grattan-Guinness

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN:

Category: Philosophy

Page: 1840

View: 723

* Examines the history and philosophy of the mathematical sciences in a cultural context, tracing their evolution from ancient times up to the twentieth century * 176 articles contributed by authors of 18 nationalities * Chronological table of main events in the development of mathematics * Fully integrated index of people, events and topics * Annotated bibliographies of both classic and contemporary sources * Unique coverage of Ancient and non-Western traditions of mathematics