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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2011.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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 0199921083 1283428067 9781283428064 9786613428066 661342806X 0199913153 9780199913152 |