The Zen of magic squares, circles, and stars : an exhibition of surprising structures across dimensions /

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Humanity's love affair with mathematics and mysticism reached a critical juncture, legend has it, on the back of a turtle in ancient China. As Clifford Pickover briefly recounts in this enthralling book, the most comprehensive in decades on magic squares, Emperor Yu was supposedly strolling alo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pickover, Clifford A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Subjects:
Magic squares.
Mathematical recreations.
Carrés magiques.
Jeux mathématiques.
magic squares.
MATHEMATICS > Combinatorics.
MATHEMATICS > Recreations & Games.
Magic squares
Mathematical recreations
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; THE ZEN OF MAGIC SQUARES, CIRCLES, AND STARS; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Magic Construction; CHAPTER TWO Classification; CHAPTER THREE Gallery 1: Squares, Cubes, and Tesseracts; CHAPTER FOUR Gallery 2: Circles and Spheres; CHAPTER FIVE Gallery 3: Stars, Hexagons, and Other Beauties; Some Final Thoughts; Notes; For Further Reading; Index; About the Author.

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