The lighter side of mathematics : proceedings of the Eugène Strens Memorial Conference on Recreational Mathematics & its History / edited by Richard K. Guy & Robert E. Woodrow.
Series MAA spectrumEditor: [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c1994Descripción: viii, 367 p. : il. (algunas col.) ; 28 cmISBN: 088385516XOtro título: Proceedings of the Eugène Strens Memorial Conference on Recreational Mathematics & its HistoryTema(s): Mathematical recreations -- Congresses | Escher, M. C. (Maurits Cornelis), 1898-1972 | Dudeney, Henry Ernest, 1857-1930Otra clasificación: 00A08 Recursos en línea: Publisher descriptionPart 1. Tiling & coloring: H. S. M. Coxeter and J. F. Rigby, Frieze patterns, triangulated polygons and dichromatic symmetryJ. A. Eidswick, Is Engel's enigma a cubelike puzzle?Branko Grünbaum, Metamorphoses of polygonsDouglas M. McKenna, SquaRecurves, $E$-tours, eddies, and frenzies: basic families of Peano curves on the square gridJohn F. Rigby, Fun with tessellationsD. Schattschneider, Escher: a mathematician in spite of himselfAthelstan Spilhaus, EschereschDaniel Ullman, The road coloring problemStan Wagon, Fourteen proofs of a result about tiling a rectangleJ. B. Wilker, Tiling $R3$ with circles and disks.
Part 2. Games & puzzles: Elwyn Berlekamp, Introduction to blockbusting and domineeringCurtis N. Cooper and Robert E. Kennedy, A generating function for the distribution of the scores of all possible bowling gamesCurtis N. Cooper and Robert E. Kennedy, Is the mean bowling score awful?Aviezri S. Fraenkel, Recreation and depth in combinatorial gamesAviezri S. Fraenkel, Combinatorial gamesKathy Jones, Combinatorial toysMogens Esrom Larsen, Rubik's cube : application or illumination of group theory?Andy Liu, Golomb's twelve pentomino problemsJim Propp, A new take-away gameMichael Stueben, Confessions of a puzzlesmithJerry Slocum, Puzzles old & new: some historical notes.
Part 3. People & pursuits: Leon Bankoff, The marvelous arbelosI. Z. Bouwer and W. W. Chernoff, Cluster pairs of an $n$-dimensional cube of edge length twoKenneth J. Falconer, The ancient English art of change ringingRichard K. Guy, The strong law of small numbersHeiko Harborth, Match sticks in the planeMogens Esrom Larsen, Misunderstanding my mazy mazes may make me miserableAngela Newing, Henry Ernest Dudeney: Britain's greatest puzzlistVictor Pambuccian, From recreational to foundational mathematicsLee C. F. Sallows, Alphamagic squaresLee C. F. Sallows, Alphamagic squares. II. More adventures with abacus and alphabet, extending explorations into the untrodden realms of computational logologyDavid Singmaster, The utility of recreational mathematicsJordan Stoyanov, The development of recreational mathematics in BulgariaHerbert Taylor, $V-E+F=2$Samuel Yates, Tracking titanics.
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Part 1. Tiling & coloring: H. S. M. Coxeter and J. F. Rigby, Frieze patterns, triangulated polygons and dichromatic symmetry -- J. A. Eidswick, Is Engel's enigma a cubelike puzzle? -- Branko Grünbaum, Metamorphoses of polygons -- Douglas M. McKenna, SquaRecurves, $E$-tours, eddies, and frenzies: basic families of Peano curves on the square grid -- John F. Rigby, Fun with tessellations -- D. Schattschneider, Escher: a mathematician in spite of himself -- Athelstan Spilhaus, Escheresch -- Daniel Ullman, The road coloring problem -- Stan Wagon, Fourteen proofs of a result about tiling a rectangle -- J. B. Wilker, Tiling $R3$ with circles and disks.
Part 2. Games & puzzles: Elwyn Berlekamp, Introduction to blockbusting and domineering -- Curtis N. Cooper and Robert E. Kennedy, A generating function for the distribution of the scores of all possible bowling games -- Curtis N. Cooper and Robert E. Kennedy, Is the mean bowling score awful? -- Aviezri S. Fraenkel, Recreation and depth in combinatorial games -- Aviezri S. Fraenkel, Combinatorial games -- Kathy Jones, Combinatorial toys -- Mogens Esrom Larsen, Rubik's cube : application or illumination of group theory? -- Andy Liu, Golomb's twelve pentomino problems -- Jim Propp, A new take-away game -- Michael Stueben, Confessions of a puzzlesmith -- Jerry Slocum, Puzzles old & new: some historical notes.
Part 3. People & pursuits: Leon Bankoff, The marvelous arbelos -- I. Z. Bouwer and W. W. Chernoff, Cluster pairs of an $n$-dimensional cube of edge length two -- Kenneth J. Falconer, The ancient English art of change ringing -- Richard K. Guy, The strong law of small numbers -- Heiko Harborth, Match sticks in the plane -- Mogens Esrom Larsen, Misunderstanding my mazy mazes may make me miserable -- Angela Newing, Henry Ernest Dudeney: Britain's greatest puzzlist -- Victor Pambuccian, From recreational to foundational mathematics -- Lee C. F. Sallows, Alphamagic squares -- Lee C. F. Sallows, Alphamagic squares. II. More adventures with abacus and alphabet, extending explorations into the untrodden realms of computational logology -- David Singmaster, The utility of recreational mathematics -- Jordan Stoyanov, The development of recreational mathematics in Bulgaria -- Herbert Taylor, $V-E+F=2$ -- Samuel Yates, Tracking titanics.
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