Mathematical Puzzles (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series) [Hardback]

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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EAN: 9780367206932

UPC: 9780367206932

ISBN: 9780367206932

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Item Length: 23.9 cm

Number of Pages: 410 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Mathematical Puzzles

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LTD

Publication Year: 2020

Subject: Mathematics

Item Height: 234 mm

Item Weight: 916 g

Type: Textbook

Author: Peter Winkler

Series: Ak Peters/Crc Recreational Mathematics Series

Item Width: 156 mm

Format: Hardcover