Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi

副标题: Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi

ISBN: 9780521747011

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版年: 2009-08

页数: 282

定价: USD 14.99

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Packing spheres, Reversi, braids, polyominoes, board games, and the puzzles of Lewis Carroll. These and other mathematical diversions return to readers with updates to all the chapters, including new game variations, mathematical proofs, and other developments and discoveries. Read about Knuth's Word Ladders program and the latest developments in the digits of pi. Once again these timeless puzzles will charm readers while demonstrating principles of logic, probability, geometry, and other fields of mathematics.