The Last Recreations Hydras, Eggs, and Other Mathematical Mystifications
Of all of Martin Gardner's writings, none gained him a wider audience or was more central to his reputation than his Mathematical Recreations column in "Scientific American", which virtually defined the genre of popular mathematics writing for a generation. Flatland, Hydras and Eggs:...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
1997, 1997
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1997 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 The Wonders of a Planiverse
- 2 Bulgarian Solitaire and Other Seemingly Endless Tasks
- 3 Fun with Eggs, Part I
- 4 Fun with Eggs, Part II
- 5 The Topology of Knots
- 6 M-Pire Maps
- 7 Directed Graphs and Cannibals
- 8 Dinner Guests, Schoolgirls, and Handcuffed Prisoners
- 9 The Monster and Other Sporadic Groups
- 10 Taxicab Geometry
- 11 The Power of the Pigeonhole
- 12 Strong Laws of Small Primes
- 13 Checker Recreations, Part I
- 14 Checker Recreations, Part II
- 15 Modulo Arithmetic and Hummer’s Wicked Witch
- 16 Lavinia Seeks a Room and Other Problems
- 17 The Symmetry Creations of Scott Kim
- 18 Parabolas
- 19 Non-Euclidean Geometry
- 20 Voting Mathematics
- 21 A Toroidal Paradox and Other Problems
- 22 Minimal Steiner Trees
- 23 Trivalent Graphs, Snarks, and Boojums