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Nonplussed! : mathematical proof of implausible ideas / Julian Havil.
LIBRA QA99 .H38 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Havil, Julian, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Miscellanea.
- Mathematics.
- Paradox.
- Mathematical recreations.
- Paradox--Mathematics.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 196 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- ch. 1. Three tennis paradoxes
- ch. 2. The uphill roller
- ch. 3. The birthday paradox
- ch. 4. The spin of a table
- ch. 5. Derangements
- ch. 6. Conway's chequerboard army
- ch. 7. The toss of a needle
- ch. 8. Torricelli's trumpet
- ch. 9. Nontransitive effects
- ch. 10. A pursuit problem
- ch. 11. Parrondo's games
- ch. 12. Hyperdimensions
- ch. 13. Friday the 13th
- ch. 14. Fractran
- The motifs
- Appendix A : The inclusion-exclusion principle
- Appendix B : The binomial inversion formula
- Appendix C : Surface area and arc length
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691120560
- 0691120560
- OCLC:
- 65341021
- Publisher Number:
- 99935562868
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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