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Taking sudoku seriously : the math behind the world's most popular pencil puzzle /

Packed with more than a hundred color illustrations and a wide variety of puzzles and brainteasers, Taking Sudoku Seriously uses this popular craze as the starting point for a fun-filled introduction to higher mathematics. How many Sudoku solution squares are there? What shapes other than three-by-t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rosenhouse, Jason (Autor), Taalman, Laura (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Packed with more than a hundred color illustrations and a wide variety of puzzles and brainteasers, Taking Sudoku Seriously uses this popular craze as the starting point for a fun-filled introduction to higher mathematics. How many Sudoku solution squares are there? What shapes other than three-by-three blocks can serve as acceptable Sudoku regions? What is the fewest number of starting clues a sound Sudoku puzzle can have? Does solving Sudoku require mathematics? Jason Rosenhouse and Laura Taalman show that answering these questions opens the door to a wealth of interesting mathematics. Indee.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199921089
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