mathematical puzzles (ak peters/crc recreational mathematics series) (english edition)  <p>research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increases one&apos;s armory of techniques for doing mathematics. <strong><em>mathematical puzzles</em></strong> makes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem.</p><br><p></p><b><br><p>features</p><br></b><ul><b></b><br><p><br></p><li>a collection of the world’s best mathematical puzzles</li><br><p></p><br><p><br></p><li>each chapter features a technique for solving mathematical puzzles, examples, and finally a genuine theorem of mathematics that features that technique in its proof</li><br><p></p><br><p><br></p><li>puzzles that are entertaining, mystifying, paradoxical, and satisfying; they are not just exercises or contest problems.</li><br><p></p></ul><b><br></b><p><b></b> </p>