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The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations
Fred Schuh
出版
Courier Corporation
, 1968-01-01
主題
Games & Activities / Puzzles
Mathematics / Recreations & Games
Science / General
Science / Applied Sciences
ISBN
0486221342
9780486221342
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Uk7a0IYXvIgC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Praised for its "exceptionally good value" by the
Journal of Recreational Mathematics,
this book offers fun-filled insights into many fields of mathematics. The brainteasers include original puzzles as well as new approaches to classic conundrums. A vast assortment of challenges features domino puzzles, the game of noughts and crosses, games of encirclement, sliding movement puzzles, subtraction games, puzzles in mechanics, games with piles of matches, a road puzzle with concentric circles, "Catch the Giant," and much more.
Detailed solutions show several methods by which a particular problem may be answered, why one method is preferable, and where the others fail. With numerous worked examples, the clear, step-by-step analyses cover how the problem should be approached, including hints and enumeration of possibilities and determination of probabilities, application of the theory of probability, and evaluation of contingencies and mean values. Readers are certain to improve their puzzle-solving strategies as well as their mathematical skills.