Polyominoes: Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings (Revised and Expanded Second Edition)

Golomb, Solomon W.

ISBN 10: 0691085730 / ISBN 13: 9780691085739

Verlag: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1994

Beschreibung

184 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Revised and Expanded Second Edition. First Printing of this revised edition. 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 091937

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Polyominoes: Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, and Packings (Revised and Expanded Second Edition)
• Verlag: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0691085730
• ISBN-13: 9780691085739
• Einband: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Warren Lushbaugh
• Auflage: 2. Auflage
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Dust Jacket

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Inhaltsangabe

Inspiring popular video games like Tetris while contributing to the study of combinatorial geometry and tiling theory, polyominoes have continued to spark interest ever since their inventor, Solomon Golomb, introduced them to puzzle enthusiasts several decades ago. In this expanded edition, the author takes a new generation of readers on a mathematical journey into the world of polyominoes, incorporating important recent developments. Deceptively simple, polyominoes are a collection of squares joined together along their edges. But how many different polyominoes can you make with 5 squares, 6 squares, n squares? Posing problems and giving answers along the way, Golomb invites the reader to play with these mathematical structures and develop an understanding of their extraordinary properties. In this new edition, he addresses the properties of octominoes and enneominoes and the problem of how to cover a doughnut with polyominoes. An extensive bibliography has been included to guide the reader to other interesting mathematical conundrums and to more advanced mathematical theories of polyominoes.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Solomon W. Golomb, University Professor at the University of Southern California, teaches in the Departments of Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, invents mathematical puzzles, and publishes in many areas of science and technology.