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Mathematical Wizardry for a Gardner
Language: EnglishKeywords
Peg Solitaire; Nonempty Open Set; spherical algebra; Ig Nobel Prizes; grand time sudoku; A3 B3 C3 D3 E3; coin weighing problems; Winning Strategy; peg solitare; Jordan Curve; the ig nobel prizes; Common Perpendicular; Baire Category Theorem; Spherical Triangle; NSF Grant DMS0300784; Central Game; Great Circles; Sheldon Glashow; Board Position; Improbable Research; Association Method; Lorand Eotvos University; Fake Coins; University Of Wisconsin; Vice Versa; Math 25; Infinite Game; Uncountable Subsets; C3 D3 E3 F3 G3; Southern Baptist Church
Publication date: 04-2018
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 04-2009
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Hardback
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In Memoriam. Frank Harary. Harary. Spin a Tale. The Ig Nobel Prizes. Martin Gardner and Paperfolding. . . . Nothing but Confusion? Anamorphoses with Double Meaning. Ponder a Puzzle. Peg Solitaire with Diagonal Jumps. The Grand Time Sudoku and the Law of Leftovers. Patulous Pegboard Polygons. Beamer Variant. Packing Equal Circles in a Square. Bring a Friend. Uncountable Sets and an Infinite Real Number Game. The Cyclic Butler University Game. Misere Play of G-A-R-D-N-E-R, the G4G7 Heptagon Game. Play with Numbers. The Association Method for Solving Certain Coin-Weighing Problems. The Art of Ready Reckoning. Spherical Algebra. Mathematical Idol. The Elevator Problem. Take a Shape. Jordan as a Jordan Curve. Wang Tiles, Dynamical Systems, and Beatty Difference Sequences. The Trilobite and Cross. Orderly Tangles Revisited. Quasi-Periodic Essays in Architectural and Musical Form. Ellipses. Dances with Tangrams (and without Wolves). Two Special Polyhedra among the Regular Toroids.
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