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Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers Martin Gardner

Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers By Martin Gardner

Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers by Martin Gardner


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Each chapter in this Gardner collection explores a different theme; for example fractals, surreal numbers, the sculptures of Berrocal, tiling the plane and code breaking. Gardner's clarity of style and ability to explain make this an excellent vehicle in which to start or continue an interest in recreational mathematics.

Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers Summary

Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers: And the Return of Dr Matrix by Martin Gardner

Here is another collection drawn from Martin Gardner's 'Mathematical Games' column in Scientific American. Each chapter explores a different theme, for example fractals, surreal numbers, the sculptures of Berrocal, tiling the plane, Ramsey theory and code breaking, all combining to create a rich diet of recreational mathematics. Most chapters can be readily understood by the uninitiated: at each turn there are challenges for the reader and a wealth of references for further reading. Gardner's clarity of style and ability systematically to simplify the complex make this an excellent vehicle in which to start or continue an interest in recreational mathematics.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Penrose tiling; 2. Penrose tiling II; 3. Mandelbrot's fractals; 4. Conway's surreal numbers; 5. Back from the Klondike and other problems; 6. The Oulip; 7. The Oulip II; 8. Wythoff's Nim; 9. Pool-ball triangles and other problems; 10. Mathematical induction and colored hats; 11. Negative numbers; 12. Cutting shapes into N congruent parts; 13. Trapdoor ciphers; 14. Trapdoor ciphers II; 15. Hyperbolas; 16. The new Eleusis; 17. Ramsey theory; 18. From burrs to Berrocal; 19. Sicherman dice, the Kruskal count and other curiosities; 20. Raymond Smullyan's logic puzzles; 21. The return of Dr. Matrix.

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GOR002936012
9780883855218
0883855216
Penrose Tiles to Trapdoor Ciphers: And the Return of Dr Matrix by Martin Gardner
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Mathematical Association of America
1997-07-24
328
N/A
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