The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations (Dover Recreational Math) 0486221342, 9780486221342
Praised for its "exceptionally good value" by the Journal of Recreational Mathematics, this book offers fun-fi
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English Pages 448 [464] Year 1968
Table of contents :
Cover
Preface
Epigraph
Contents
1. Hints for Solving Puzzles
2. Some Domino Puzzles
3. The Game of Noughts and Crosses
4. Number Systems
5. Some Puzzles Related to Number Systems
6. Games with Piles of Matches
7. Enumeration of Possibilities and the Determination of Probabilities
8. Some Applications of the Theory of Probability
9. Evaluation of Contingencies and Mean Values
10. Some Games of Encirclement
11. Sliding-Movement Puzzles
12. Subtraction Games
13. Puzzles with Some Mathematical Aspects
14. Puzzles of Assorted Types
15. Puzzles in Mechanics
Catalog of Selected Dover Books
Back Cover
Cover
Preface
Epigraph
Contents
1. Hints for Solving Puzzles
2. Some Domino Puzzles
3. The Game of Noughts and Crosses
4. Number Systems
5. Some Puzzles Related to Number Systems
6. Games with Piles of Matches
7. Enumeration of Possibilities and the Determination of Probabilities
8. Some Applications of the Theory of Probability
9. Evaluation of Contingencies and Mean Values
10. Some Games of Encirclement
11. Sliding-Movement Puzzles
12. Subtraction Games
13. Puzzles with Some Mathematical Aspects
14. Puzzles of Assorted Types
15. Puzzles in Mechanics
Catalog of Selected Dover Books
Back Cover
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