Sphere packing, Lewis Carroll, and reversi
Subtitle: Martin Gardner's new mathematical diversions
By: Martin Gardner.
Series: The new Martin Gardner mathematical library -- 3
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521747011
Subjects: Carroll, Lewis, -- 1832-1898; Mathematical recreations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The binary system; title: Group theory and braids; title: Eight problems; title: The games and puzzles of Lewis Carroll; title: Paper cutting; title: Board games; title: Packing spheres; title: The transcendental number Pi; title: Victor Eigen : mathemagician; title: The four-color map theorem; title: Mr. Apollinax visits New York; title: Nine problems; title: Polyominoes and fault-free rectangles; title: Euler's spoilers : the discovery of an order-10 Graeco-Latin square; title: The ellipse; title: The 24 color squares and the 30 color cubes; title: H.S.M. Coxeter; title: Bridg-it and other games; title: Nine more problems; title: The calculus of finite differences.