Mathematical Puzzles (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series) - Softcover

Winkler, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367206927 ISBN 13: 9780367206925

Verlag: A K Peters/CRC Press, 2020

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Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun, it helps focus the mind. This book makes the connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem.

 

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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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: A K Peters/CRC Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0367206927
• ISBN 13: 9780367206925
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 518
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