Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical TreasuresBasic Books, 27 avr. 2010 - 352 pages From the author of Professor StewartÕs Cabinet of Curiosities, a new trove of entrancing numbers and delightful mathematical puzzles for adventurous minds |
Table des matières
Secrets of the Abacus | 13 |
The CollatzSyracuseUlam Problem | 26 |
The Buttered Cat Paradox | 31 |
Big Numbers | 44 |
+ 2 0 | 62 |
And Now with a Complete Pack75 | 75 |
Whatevers the Antimatter? | 86 |
Leaning Tower of Pizza 99 | 99 |
Name the Cards | 171 |
Accounting the Digits | 185 |
Strictly for Calculus Buffs | 197 |
Match Trick | 211 |
Euclids Puzzle | 224 |
An Infinity of Primes | 237 |
A Century in Fractions | 238 |
Tippe Top Twister | 245 |
Just a Phase Im Going Through | 112 |
The Most Outrageous Proof | 126 |
Please Bear with Me | 139 |
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers | 144 |
A Weird Fact about Egyptian Fractions | 157 |
Mathematical Metajoke | 253 |
Slades Braid | 262 |
The Largest Number is FortyTwo | 268 |
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