Famous Puzzles Of Great Mathematicians

Author : Miodrag Petkovi_
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821848142

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Famous Puzzles of Great Mathematicians by Miodrag Petkovi_ Pdf

This entertaining book presents a collection of 180 famous mathematical puzzles and intriguing elementary problems that great mathematicians have posed, discussed, and/or solved. The selected problems do not require advanced mathematics, making this book accessible to a variety of readers. Mathematical recreations offer a rich playground for both amateur and professional mathematicians. Believing that creative stimuli and aesthetic considerations are closely related, great mathematicians from ancient times to the present have always taken an interest in puzzles and diversions. The goal of this book is to show that famous mathematicians have all communicated brilliant ideas, methodological approaches, and absolute genius in mathematical thoughts by using recreational mathematics as a framework. Concise biographies of many mathematicians mentioned in the text are also included. The majority of the mathematical problems presented in this book originated in number theory, graph theory, optimization, and probability. Others are based on combinatorial and chess problems, while still others are geometrical and arithmetical puzzles. This book is intended to be both entertaining as well as an introduction to various intriguing mathematical topics and ideas. Certainly, many stories and famous puzzles can be very useful to prepare classroom lectures, to inspire and amuse students, and to instill affection for mathematics.

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486320328

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My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles by Martin Gardner Pdf

The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions included.

Author : Alex Bellos
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781408811146

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Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos Pdf

A tenth anniversary edition of the iconic book about the wonderful world of maths Sunday Times bestseller | Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 'Original and highly entertaining' Sunday Times 'A page turner about humanity's strange, never easy and, above all, never dull relationship with numbers' New Scientist 'Will leave you hooked on numbers' Daily Telegraph In this richly entertaining and accessible book, Alex Bellos explodes the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, and demonstrates the remarkable ways it's linked to our everyday lives. Alex explains the surprising geometry of the 50p piece, and the strategy of how best to gamble it in a casino. He shines a light on the mathematical patterns in nature, and on the peculiar predictability of random behaviour. He eats a potato crisp whose revolutionary shape was unpalatable to the ancient Greeks, and he shows the deep connections between maths, religion and philosophy. From the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany to numerologists in the US desert, from a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan to venerable Hindu sages in India, these dispatches from 'Numberland' are an unlikely but exhilarating cocktail of history, reportage and mathematical proofs. The world of maths is a much friendlier and more colourful place than you might have imagined. This anniversary edition is fully revised and updated.

Author : Henry E. Dudeney
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486816104

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536 Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry E. Dudeney Pdf

This compilation of long-inaccessible puzzles by a famous puzzle master offers challenges ranging from arithmetical and algebraical problems to those involving geometry, combinatorics, and topology, plus game, domino, and match puzzles. Includes answers.

Author : Peter Winkler
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780429557972

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Mathematical Puzzles by Peter Winkler Pdf

Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increases one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics. Mathematical Puzzles makes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem. Features A collection of the world’s best mathematical puzzles Each chapter features a technique for solving mathematical puzzles, examples, and finally a genuine theorem of mathematics that features that technique in its proof Puzzles that are entertaining, mystifying, paradoxical, and satisfying; they are not just exercises or contest problems.

Author : Sam Loyd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Mathematical recreations
ISBN : UOM:39076005644302

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Mathematical Puzzles by Sam Loyd Pdf

Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1986-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486252117

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Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles by Martin Gardner Pdf

Playing with mathematical riddles can be an intriguing and fun-filled pastime — as popular science writer Martin Gardner proves in this entertaining collection. Puzzlists need only an elementary knowledge of math and a will to resist looking up the answer before trying to solve a problem. Written in a light and witty style, Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles is a mixture of old and new riddles, grouped into sections that cover a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles, and more. The probability section, for example, points out that everything we do, everything that happens around us, obeys the laws of probability; geometry puzzles test our ability to think pictorially and often, in more than one dimension; while topology, among the "youngest and rowdiest branches of modern geometry," offers a glimpse into a strange dimension where properties remain unchanged, no matter how a figure is twisted, stretched, or compressed. Clear and concise comments at the beginning of each section explain the nature and importance of the math needed to solve each puzzle. A carefully explained solution follows each problem. In many cases, all that is needed to solve a puzzle is the ability to think logically and clearly, to be "on the alert for surprising, off-beat angles...that strange hidden factor that everyone else had overlooked." Fully illustrated, this engaging collection will appeal to parents and children, amateur mathematicians, scientists, and students alike, and may, as the author writes, make the reader "want to study the subject in earnest" and explains "some of the inviting paths that wind away from the problems into lusher areas of the mathematical jungle." 65 black-and-white illustrations.

Author : Boris A. Kordemsky
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992-04-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486270784

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The Moscow Puzzles by Boris A. Kordemsky Pdf

A collection of math and logic puzzles features number games, magic squares, tricks, problems with dominoes and dice, and cross sums, in addition to other intellectual teasers.

Author : Ben Orlin
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780316509022

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Math with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin Pdf

A hilarious reeducation in mathematics-full of joy, jokes, and stick figures-that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world. In Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is; its myriad uses, its strange symbols, and the wild leaps of logic and faith that define the usually impenetrable work of the mathematician. Truth and knowledge come in multiple forms: colorful drawings, encouraging jokes, and the stories and insights of an empathetic teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone. Orlin shows us how to think like a mathematician by teaching us a brand-new game of tic-tac-toe, how to understand an economic crises by rolling a pair of dice, and the mathematical headache that ensues when attempting to build a spherical Death Star. Every discussion in the book is illustrated with Orlin's trademark "bad drawings," which convey his message and insights with perfect pitch and clarity. With 24 chapters covering topics from the electoral college to human genetics to the reasons not to trust statistics, Math with Bad Drawings is a life-changing book for the math-estranged and math-enamored alike.

Author : Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486315775

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The Gödelian Puzzle Book by Raymond M. Smullyan Pdf

These logic puzzles provide entertaining variations on Gödel's incompleteness theorems, offering ingenious challenges related to infinity, truth and provability, undecidability, and other concepts. No background in formal logic necessary.

Author : Anthony S. Filipiak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1104842777

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Mathematical Puzzles by Anthony S. Filipiak Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Barry R. Clarke
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-19
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486315720

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Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities by Barry R. Clarke Pdf

Intriguing collection features recreational math, logic, and creativity puzzles. Classic and new puzzles include The Monty Hall Problem, The Unexpected Hanging, The Shakespeare Puzzles, and Finger Multiplication.

Author : Stieg Larsson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Blomkvist, Mikael (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 9780307476159

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The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson Pdf

When the reporters to a sex-trafficking exposé are murdered and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander is targeted as the killer, Mikael Blomkvist, the publisher of the exposé, investigates to clear Lisbeth's name.

Author : Sam Loyd
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Mathematical recreations
ISBN : 0486204987

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Mathematical Puzzles by Sam Loyd Pdf

Bizarre imagination, originality, trickiness, and whimsy characterize puzzles of Sam Loyd, America's greatest puzzler. Present selection from fabulously rare Cyclopedia includes the famous 14-15 puzzles, the Horse of a Different Color, and 115 others in various areas of elementary math. 150 period line drawings.

Author : Shakuntala Devi
Publisher : Orient Paperbacks
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8122200486

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More Puzzles by Shakuntala Devi Pdf

Here are over 300 tantalizing puzzles, brain teasers and riddles by one of the greatest mathematical geniuses of the twentieth century, Shakuntala Devi, popularly known as the 'human computer'. The puzzles include every possible type of mathematical recreation, time and distance problems, age and money riddles, puzzles involving geometry and elementary algebra, and just plain straight thinking. Often entertaining, but always stimulating, the puzzles included in the book offer hours of fun and relaxation.