The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects: Research in Recreational Math

The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects: Research in Recreational Math
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Country
United States
Published
8 March 2016
Pages
296
ISBN
9780691164038

The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects: Research in Recreational Math

The history of mathematics is filled with major breakthroughs resulting from solutions to recreational problems. Problems of interest to gamblers led to the modern theory of probability, for example, and surreal numbers were inspired by the game of Go. Yet even with such groundbreaking findings and a wealth of popular-level books exploring puzzles

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