Mathematical recreations & essays
By: rev. by H. S. M. Coxeter
Contributors: Coxeter, H. S. M. (Harold Scott Macdonald), 1907-2003, editor
Edition: American ed.].
Publisher: Macmillan Co.
Published: 1947
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Mathematical recreations; Geometry; Famous problems; Cryptography; Ciphers
Notes: "References for further study": p.410. Bibliographical footnotes.
Table of contents: title: Arithmetical recreations.; title: Geometrical recreations.; title: Polyhedra.; title: Chessboard recreations.; title: Magic squares.; title: May-coloring problems.; title: Unicursal problems.; title: Kirkman's school-girls problems.; title: Miscellaneous problems.; title: Three classical geometrical problems.; title: Calculating prodigies.; title: Cryptography and cryptanalysis.