Locks, Mahabharata and Mathematics
Subtitle: An Exploration of Unexpected Parallels
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers India
Published: 2013
Place of publication: India
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9789350296431
Copyright date: 2013
Table of contents: title: Preface / ix; title: 1 Draupadi, the Lock with Five keys and Polynomials / 1; title: 2 Jarasndha, the split Lock and Symmetries / 33; title: 3 The Illusory Palace, Invisible Keyholes and Elusive codes / 51; title: 4 Yudhisthira's Gamble, Chancy Locks and Mathematical Probabilities / 75; title: 5 Hanuman's Tail, The Monkey Lock and Long-tailed Distributions / 87; title: 6 The Enchanted Pool, a Lock That Thwarts Insertion of the Key and Problems That Resist Direct Attacks / 103; title: 7 Abhimanyu, the One-way Lock and The Spaceship from the Moon / 119; title: 8 'Aswatthama Kujaraha', Fractional Locks and Keys , and Fractals / 133; title: 9 The Scorpion Bite of Karna, Scorpion Locks and Bayesian Search for the USS Scorpion / 163; title: 10 Shukraccharya and Kacha, a Pair of Interacting Keys, and Binary Stars / 185; title: Appendix / 201; title: Notes / 203; title: Index / 207