Tracking The Automatic Ant: And Other Mathematical Explorations.

Gale, David

ISBN 10: 0387982728 / ISBN 13: 9780387982724

Verlag: Springer, 1998

Beschreibung

Very good condition, both book and dust jacket. A clean and tight copy.; 6.75 X 1 X 9.75 inches; 241 pages.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 48179

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Tracking The Automatic Ant: And Other Mathematical Explorations.
• Verlag: Springer
• Veröffentlichungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0387982728
• ISBN-13: 9780387982724
• Bindung: Hardcover
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

For those fascinated by the abstract universe of mathematics, David Gale's columns in The Mathematical Intelligencer have been a prime source of entertainment. Here Gale's columns are collected for the first time in book form. Encouraged by the magazine's editor, Sheldon Axler, to write on whatever pleased him, Gale ranged far and wide across the field of mathematics but frequently returned to favorite themes: triangles, tilings, the mysterious properties of sequences given by simple recursions, games and paradoxes, and the particular automaton that gives this collection its title, the "automatic ant". The level is suitable for those with some familiarity with mathematical ideas, but great sophistication is not needed.

Reseña del editor

For those fascinated by the abstract universe of mathematics, David Gale's columns in "The Mathematical Intelligencer" have been a prime source of entertainment, and here his columns are collected for the first time in book form. Encouraged by the magazine's editor, Sheldon Axler, to write on whatever pleased him, Gale ranged far and wide across the field of mathematics, frequently returning to favorite themes: triangles, tilings, games and paradoxes, as well as the particular automaton that gives this collection its title, the "automatic ant." Suitable for everyone having some familiarity with mathematical ideas.