Hexaflexagons and Other Mathematical Diversions: The First Scientific American Book of Puzzles and GamesUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 set 1988 - 200 pagine These clearly and cleverly presented mathematical recreations of paradoxes and paperfolding, Moebius variations and mnemonics both ancient and modern delight and perplex while demonstating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other mathematical fields. "A classic."—Andrew Rothery, Times Education Supplement "Martin Gardner has turned a trick as neat as any in the book itself. He has selected a group of diversions which are not only entertaining but mathematically meaningful as well. The result is a work which is rewarding on almost every level of mathematical achievement."—Miriam Hecht, Iscripta Mathematica |
Sommario
II | 1 |
III | 15 |
IV | 23 |
V | 37 |
VI | 47 |
VII | 55 |
VIII | 63 |
IX | 73 |
XII | 102 |
XIII | 110 |
XIV | 124 |
XV | 141 |
XVI | 151 |
XVII | 162 |
XVIII | 174 |
XIX | 187 |
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American Mathematical Monthly asymmetric binary numbers Birthday Problem British Journal Carl Hempel cell chain chapter chess closed curves color column corner counters crows cube David Stove deck diagonally digits disks draw edges example five flexagons flexing folded four Game of Hex Golomb Hamiltonian path hand Hempel Hempel's paradox hexaflexagons hexagon hexahexa hexahexaflexagon hexominoes knotted liar linked Logic Loyd Loyd's machine magic Martin Gardner Mathe mathematician matics matrix memory minimum number mirror image Mnemonics Moebius Moebius band number alphabet number of moves odd number paper Paradoxes of Confirmation pattern pennies pentominoes Philosophy of Science pieces play Polyominoes probability puzzle readers Recreational Mathematics rectangle reversed Sam Loyd Scientific American second player shown in Figure side simple solution solved square stack strategy strip surface Tac Tix tetromino ticktacktoe topological torus Tower of Hanoi triangle trick Tuckerman wires words