Mathematical Recreations & Essays : Twelfth Edition / W. W. Rouse Ball, H.S.M. Coxeter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, W. W. Rouse, Author.

Coxeter, H.S.M., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ciphers.

Cryptography.

Geometry--Famous problems.

Geometry.

Mathematical recreations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

For over eighty years this delightful classic has provided entertainment through mathematical problems commonly known as recreations. Although they often involve fundamental mathematical methods and notions, their chief appeal is as games or puzzles rather than the usefulness of their conclusions. This new edition upholds the original, but the terminology and treatment of problems have been updated and much new material has been added. There are new selections on polyominoes and the notion of dragon designs, and a new chapter, ‘Introduction to Combinatorics.’ Other topics dealt with in the fourteen chapters include arithmetical and geometrical recreations and problems, polyhedra, chess-board recreations, unicursal problems, cryptography and cryptanalysis, and calculating prodigies. Since no knowledge of calculus or analytic geometry is necessary to enjoy the recreations, this book will appeal widely to teachers of mathematics and students and to anyone who is mathematically inclined.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface to the Tenth Edition

Preface to the Eleventh Edition

Preface to the Twelfth Edition

Contents

I. Arithmetical Recreations

II. Arithmetical Recreations (Continued)

III. Geometrical Recreations

IV. Geometrical Recreations (Continued)

V. Polyhedra

VI. Chess-Board Recreations

VII. Magic Squares

VIII. Map-Colouring Problems

IX. Unicursal Problems

X. Combinatorial Designs

XI. Miscellaneous Problems

XII. Three Classical Geometrical Problems

XIII. Calculating Prodigies

XIV. Cryptography and Cryptanalysis

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-4426-5652-2

OCLC:

944178656