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Intriguing Mathematical Problems by Oswald Jacoby (Paperback, 1996)

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Amusing and informative in its approach to solving mathematical bafflers, this treasury of theories, games, puzzles and oddities of all kinds, compiled by one of the world's best card players (Jacoby) and an expert in mathematical recreations (Benson) will delight and fascinate math enthusiasts.Although primarily intended to entertain, the wide variety of puzzles - ranging from facile curiosities to very difficult intellectual exercises - will challenge you to keep your mind going full steam. Each of the book's five sections - Fun with Numbers, Fun with Letters, The Odds: Explorations in Probability, Where Inference and Reasoning Reign and The Answers Are Whole Numbers - is made up of approximately 30 problems, with solutions grouped at the end of each section. Math buffs will love testing their puzzle-solving skills on such challenging brainteasers as The Enterprising Snail, Mrs. Crabbe and the Bacon, The Fly and the Bicycles, The Lovesick Cockroaches, The Three Prisoners, Girls Should Live in Brooklyn, Who Was Executed?, Creaker vs. Roadhog, The Crossed Ladders, The Ancient Order of the Greens, and many more.Few of these problems require any advanced mathematical knowledge or prowess. You'll find that simply keeping your wits about you and your logical skills honed are all you need to enjoy a delightful and thought-provoking adventure in recreational mathematics. Foreword. 10 illustrations. 14 tables.

Product Identifiers

PublisherDover Publications Inc.

ISBN-139780486292618

eBay Product ID (ePID)87833067

Product Key Features

Number of Pages191 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameIntriguing Mathematical Problems

Publication Year1996

SubjectMathematics

TypeTextbook

AuthorOswald Jacoby

SeriesDover Books on Mathematics

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height216 mm

Item Weight218 g

Item Width137 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Title_AuthorOswald Jacoby