The mathematics of various entertaining subjects : research in recreational math /
Research in recreational math
edited by Jennifer Beineke & Jason Rosenhouse ; with a foreword by Raymond Smullyan.
- xv, 272 pages : some color illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vignettes. Should you be happy? / One-move puzzles with mathematical content / Minimalist approaches to figurative maze design / Some ABCs of graphs and games / Problems Inspired by Classic Puzzles. Solving the Tower of Hanoi with random moves / Groups associated to Tetraflexagons / Parallel weighings of coins / Analysis of crossword puzzle difficulty using a random graph process / From the outside in : solving generalizations of the Slothouber-Graatsma-Conway puzzle / Playing Cards. Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partes Quattuor / Heartless poker / An introduction to Gilbreath numbers / Games. Tic-tac-toe on affine planes / Error detection and correction using SET® / Connection games and Sperner's Lemma / Fibonacci Numbers. The Cookie Monster problem / Representing numbers using Fibonacci variants / Peter Winkler ; Anany Levitin ; Robert Bosch, Tim Chartier, and Michael Rowan ; Jennifer Beineke and Lowell Beineke ; Max A. Alekseyev and Toby Berger ; Julie Beier and Carolyn Yackel ; Tanya Khovanova ; John K. McSweeney ; Derek Smith ; Neil Calkin and Colm Mulcahy ; Dominic Lanphier and Laura Taalman ; Robert W. Vallin ; Maureen T. Carroll and Steven T. Dougherty ; Gary Gordon and Elizabeth McMahon ; David Molnar ; Leigh Marie Braswell and Tanya Khovanova ; Stephen K. Lucas. Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V.
"Contributors show how sophisticated mathematics can help you construct mazes that look like famous people, how the analysis of crossword puzzles has much in common with understanding epidemics, and how the theory of electrical circuits is useful in understanding the classic Towers of Hanoi puzzle. The card game SET is related to the theory of error-correcting codes, and simple tic-tac-toe takes on a new life when played on an affine plane. Inspirations for the book's wealth of problems include board games, card tricks, fake coins, flexagons, pencil puzzles, poker, and so much more"--Provided by publisher.
9780691164038 0691164037
BRO-adap20160726-147
2015945218
Mathematical recreations--Research.
QA95 / .M3687 2016
510
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Vignettes. Should you be happy? / One-move puzzles with mathematical content / Minimalist approaches to figurative maze design / Some ABCs of graphs and games / Problems Inspired by Classic Puzzles. Solving the Tower of Hanoi with random moves / Groups associated to Tetraflexagons / Parallel weighings of coins / Analysis of crossword puzzle difficulty using a random graph process / From the outside in : solving generalizations of the Slothouber-Graatsma-Conway puzzle / Playing Cards. Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partes Quattuor / Heartless poker / An introduction to Gilbreath numbers / Games. Tic-tac-toe on affine planes / Error detection and correction using SET® / Connection games and Sperner's Lemma / Fibonacci Numbers. The Cookie Monster problem / Representing numbers using Fibonacci variants / Peter Winkler ; Anany Levitin ; Robert Bosch, Tim Chartier, and Michael Rowan ; Jennifer Beineke and Lowell Beineke ; Max A. Alekseyev and Toby Berger ; Julie Beier and Carolyn Yackel ; Tanya Khovanova ; John K. McSweeney ; Derek Smith ; Neil Calkin and Colm Mulcahy ; Dominic Lanphier and Laura Taalman ; Robert W. Vallin ; Maureen T. Carroll and Steven T. Dougherty ; Gary Gordon and Elizabeth McMahon ; David Molnar ; Leigh Marie Braswell and Tanya Khovanova ; Stephen K. Lucas. Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V.
"Contributors show how sophisticated mathematics can help you construct mazes that look like famous people, how the analysis of crossword puzzles has much in common with understanding epidemics, and how the theory of electrical circuits is useful in understanding the classic Towers of Hanoi puzzle. The card game SET is related to the theory of error-correcting codes, and simple tic-tac-toe takes on a new life when played on an affine plane. Inspirations for the book's wealth of problems include board games, card tricks, fake coins, flexagons, pencil puzzles, poker, and so much more"--Provided by publisher.
9780691164038 0691164037
BRO-adap20160726-147
2015945218
Mathematical recreations--Research.
QA95 / .M3687 2016
510