Mathematical Puzzles

Mathematical Puzzles
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 519
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ISBN-10 : 9780429553509
ISBN-13 : 0429553501
Rating : 4/5 (501 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mathematical Puzzles by : Peter Winkler

Download or read book Mathematical Puzzles written by Peter Winkler and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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