Mathematical adventures for students and amateurs
By: edited by David F. Hayes and Tatiana Shubin ; with the assistance of Gerald L. Alexanderson and Peter Ross.
Contributors: Hayes, David F.; Shubin, Tatiana.; Alexanderson, Gerald L.; Ross, Peter.
Series: Spectrum series
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America; The Mathematical Association of America
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [Washington, DC]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Mathematics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: General. Prime numbers and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence / Carl Pomerance; title: Space shuttle geometry / Helen Moore; title: Mathematicians versus the silicon age: who wins? / Sheldon Axler; title: Breaking driver's license codes / Joseph A. Gallian; title: Jumping frogs and powers of two / Paul Zeitz; title: Number theory. Triangles, squares, oranges, and cuboids / Peter Stevenhagen; title: When is an integer the product of two and of three consecutive integers? / Edward F. Schaefer; title: Right triangles and elliptic curves / Karl Rubin; title: Combinatorics and probability. Proofs that really count: the magic of Fibonacci numbers and more / Arthur T. Benjamin & Jennifer J. Quinn; title: Juggling patterns, passing, and posets / Joe Buhler & Ron Graham; title: Platonic divisions of space / Jean Pederson; title: Probability by surprise / Susan Holmes; title: Geometry and topology. The rule of false position / Don Chakerian; title: Geometric puzzles and constructions: six classical geometric theorems / Zvezdelina Stankova; title: Cusps / Dmitry Fuchs; title: Tringles and curvature / Richard Scott; title: Applications and history. Archimedes and his floating paraboloids / Sherman Stein; title: Mathematical mapping from Mercator to the Millennium / Robert Osserman; title: Alice in Numberland: an informal dramatic presentation in 8 fits / Robin Wilson.