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Mathematical adventures for students and amateurs / edited by David F. Hayes and Tatiana Shubin ; with the assistance of Gerald L. Alexanderson and Peter Ross.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Spectrum, 2638-9045 ; v. 40
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, DC] : Mathematical Association of America, c2004.
- System Details:
- Mode of access : World Wide Web
- Contents:
- General Prime Numbers and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Carl Pomerance Space Shuttle Geometry, Helen Moore Mathematicians versus the Silicon Age: Who Wins?, Sheldon Axler Breaking Driver's License Codes, Joseph A. Gallian Jumping Frogs and Powers of Two, Paul Zeitz Number Theory Triangles, Squares, Oranges and Cuboids, Peter Stevenhagen When Is an Integer the Product of Two and of Three Consecutive Integers? Edward F Schaefer Right Triangles and Elliptic Curves, Karl Rubin Combinatorics and Probability 9. Proofs that Really Count: The Magic of Fibonacci Numbers and More, Arthur T. Benjamin and Jennifer J Quinn 10. Juggling Patterns, Passing, and Posets, Joe Buhler and Ron Graham Platonic Divisions of Space, Jean Pedersen Probability by Surprise, Susan Holmes Geometry and Topology The Rule of False Position, Don Chakerian Geometric Puzzles and Constructions
- Six Classical Geometry Theorems, Zvezdelina Stankova Cusps, Dmitry Fuchs Triangles and Curvature, Richard Scott Applications and History Archimedes and his Floating Paraboloids, Sherman Stein Mathematical Mapping from Mercator to the Millennium, Robert Osserman Alice in Numberland: an informal dramatic presentation in 8 fits, Robin Wilson
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781470457419 (online)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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