Cows in the maze /

From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon - and how to make one - Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics. We find out about the mathema...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stewart, Ian, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Mathematical recreations.
Mathematics > Popular works.
Jeux mathématiques.
Mathématiques > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
Mathematical recreations
Mathematics
Popular works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The lore and lure of dice
  • Pursuing polygonal privacy
  • Making winning connections
  • Jumping champions
  • Walking with quadrupeds
  • Tiling space with knots
  • Forward to the future 1: trapped in time!
  • Forward to the future 2: holes
  • black, white and warm
  • Forward to the future 3: back to the past, with interest
  • Cone with a twist
  • What shape is a teardrop?
  • The interrogator's fallacy
  • Cows in the maze
  • Knight's tours on rectangles
  • Cat's cradle calculus challenge
  • Glass Klein bottles
  • Cementing relationships
  • Knotting ventured, knotting gained
  • Most-perfect magic squares
  • It can't be done!
  • Dances with dodecahedra.

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