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THE MATHEMATICS OF VARIOUS ENTERTAINING SUBJECTS
THE MATHEMATICS OF VARIOUS ENTERTAINING SUBJECTS
Subtitle:
Research in Recreational Math
Book Category:
Mathematics > Recreations & Games
Editor::
Jennifer Beineke & Jason Rosenhouse
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780691164038
Price:
USD 75.00
Publication Year:
2015

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Princeton University Press.

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The history of mathematics is filled with major breakthroughs resulting from solutions to recreational problems. Problems of interest to gamblers led to the modern theory of probability, for example, and surreal numbers were inspired by the game of Go. Yet even with such groundbreaking findings and a wealth of popular-level books exploring puzzles and brainteasers, research in recreational mathematics has often been neglected. The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects brings together authors from a variety of specialties to present fascinating problems and solutions in recreational mathematics.

 

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