One of the most famous books in the field of recreational mathematics this collection contains some 49 different puzzles plus a variety of other stunts based on the properties of numbers
Challenge yourself with over 100 fresh paradoxes puzzles riddles conundrums word and number games for the jaded skeptical puzzlist. Over 100 pages of comprehensive answers. Approximately 300 illustrations. Excellent collection of unusual offbeat and completely original puzzles. Scientific American.
A truly marvelous collection of original riddles and brain teasers. –MARTIN GARDNERPuzzle QuizA Collection Of More Than 525 Mathematical Literary Historical Scientific Musical Linguistic & Exasperating Problems To Test Tease & Entertain 5Stephen Barr
1. An Old Chinese Theorem and Pierre De Fermat2. Louis Posa3. Equilateral Triangles4. The Orchard Problem5. Δ-Curves6. It's Combinatorics that Counts!7. The Kozyrev-Grinberg Theory of Hamiltonian Circuits8. Morley's Theorem9. A Problem in Combinatorics10. Multiply-Perfect Superabundant and Practical Numbers11. Circles Squares and Lattice Points12. Recursion13. Poulet Super-Poulet and Related Numbers
1. Three Surprises from Combinatorics and Number Theory2. Four Minor Gems from Geometry3. A Problem in Checker-Jumping4. The Generation of Prime Numbers5. Two Combinatorial Proofs6. Bicentric Polygons Steiner Chains and the Hexlet7. A Theorem of Gabriel Lame8. Box-packing Problems9. A Theorem of Bang and the Isosceles Tetrahedron10. An Intriguing Series11. Chvatal's Art Gallery Theorem12. The Set of Distances Determined by n Points in the Plane13. A Putnam Paper Problem14. Lovasz' Proof of a The...
Mathematical problems by topicI. Algebra Aritmetic Number Theory Sequences ProbabilityII. Combinatorics Combinatorial Geometry (maxima and minima)III. Geometry (maxima and minima)
1. H.L. Dorwart D.T. Finkbeiner - Chromatic Graphs2. K.R. Rebman - How to Get (at least) a Fair Share of the Cake3. R.P. Boas - Some Remarkable Sequences of Integers4. S.K. Stein - Existence out of Chaos5. Ross Honsberger - Some Surprises in Probability6. R.P. Boas - Anomalous Cancellation7. G.D. Chakerian - A Distorted View of Geometry8. R.P. Boas - Convergence Divergence and the Computer9. Ross Honsberger - Kepler's Conics10. R.P. Boas - The Skewes Number
1. The Pardox of the Unexpected Hanging2. Knots and Borromean Rings3. The Transcendental Number e4. Geometric Dissections5. Scarne on Gambling6. The Church of the Fourth Dimension7. Eight Problems8. A Matchbox Game-Learning Machine9. Spirals10. Rotations and Reflections11. Peg Solitaire12. Flatlands13. Chicago Magic Convention14. Tests of Divisibility15. Nine Problems16. The Eight Queens and Other Chessboard Diversions17. A Loop of String18. Curves of Constant Width19. Rep-Tiles: Replicating Fig...
1. Tricks with cards - part I2. Tricks with cards - part II3. From Gergonne to Gargantua4. Magic with common objects5. Topological tomfoolery6. Tricks with special equipment7. Geometrical vanishes - part I8. Geometrical vanishes - part II9. Magic with pure numbers
From coincidences that seem to violate the laws of time and space to the perplexities of the rubber rope to the centuries-old delights of tangram play the puzzles problems and paradoxes presented in Time Travel and Other Mathematical Bewilderments reveal just how enlightening and entertaining mathematical recreations can be.
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