The Mathematical Coloring Book
The Mathematical Coloring Book

Author: Alexander Soifer

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-10-13

Total Pages: 619

ISBN-13: 0387746420

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This book provides an exciting history of the discovery of Ramsey Theory, and contains new research along with rare photographs of the mathematicians who developed this theory, including Paul Erdös, B.L. van der Waerden, and Henry Baudet.

The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations
The Master Book of Mathematical Recreations

Author: Fred Schuh

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2015-11-11

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 0486808955

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Praised for its "exceptionally good value" by the Journal of Recreational Mathematics, this book offers fun-filled insights into many fields of mathematics. The brainteasers include original puzzles as well as new approaches to classic conundrums. A vast assortment of challenges features domino puzzles, the game of noughts and crosses, games of encirclement, sliding movement puzzles, subtraction games, puzzles in mechanics, games with piles of matches, a road puzzle with concentric circles, "Catch the Giant," and much more. Detailed solutions show several methods by which a particular problem may be answered, why one method is preferable, and where the others fail. With numerous worked examples, the clear, step-by-step analyses cover how the problem should be approached, including hints and enumeration of possibilities and determination of probabilities, application of the theory of probability, and evaluation of contingencies and mean values. Readers are certain to improve their puzzle-solving strategies as well as their mathematical skills.

Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements

Author: Euclid

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13:

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"The book includes introductions, terminology and biographical notes, bibliography, and an index and glossary" --from book jacket.

Mathematics and the Unexpected
Mathematics and the Unexpected

Author: Ivar Ekeland

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1990-01-15

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0226199908

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"Not the least unexpected thing about Mathematics and the Unexpected is that a real mathematician should write not just a literate work, but a literary one."—Ian Stewart, New Scientist "In this brief, elegant treatise, assessable to anyone who likes to think, Ivar Ekelund explains some philosophical implications of recent mathematics. He examines randomness, the geometry involved in making predictions, and why general trends are easy to project (it will snow in January) but particulars are practically impossible (it will snow from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the 21st)."—Village Voice

The Knot Book
The Knot Book

Author: Colin Conrad Adams

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0821836781

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Knots are familiar objects. Yet the mathematical theory of knots quickly leads to deep results in topology and geometry. This work offers an introduction to this theory, starting with our understanding of knots. It presents the applications of knot theory to modern chemistry, biology and physics.

Līlāvatī of Bhāskarācārya
Līlāvatī of Bhāskarācārya

Author: Bhāskarācārya

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9788120814202

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In 1150 AD, Bhaskaracarya (b. 1114 AD), renowned mathematician and astronomer of Vedic tradition composed Lilavati as the first part of his larger work called Siddhanta Siromani, a comprehensive exposition of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, mensuration, number theory and related topics. Lilavati has been used as a standard textbook for about 800 years. This lucid, scholarly and literary presentation has been translated into several languages of the world. Bhaskaracarya himself never gave any derivations of his formulae. N.H. Phadke (1902-1973) worked hard to construct proofs of several mathematical methods and formulae given in original Lilavati. The present work is an enlargement of his Marathi work and attempts a thorough mathematical explanation of definitions, formulae, short cuts and methodology as intended by Bhaskara. Stitches are followed by literal translations so that the reader can enjoy and appreciate the beauty of accurate and musical presentation in Lilavati. The book is useful to school going children, sophomores, teachers, scholars, historians and those working for cause of mathematics.