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Problem solving through recreational mathematics / Bonnie Averbach and Orin Chein.

Averbach, Bonnie, 1933- (Author). Chein, Orin, 1943- (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0486409171 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780486409177 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xvi, 458 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: Mathematics. San Francisco : W. H. Freeman, c1980.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 376-379) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Following the clues -- Solve it with logic -- From words to equations: algebraic recreations -- Solve it with integers: some topics from number theory -- More about numbers: bases and cryptarithmetic -- Solve it with networks: an introduction to graph theory -- Games of strategy for two players -- Solitaire games and puzzles -- Potpourri -- Appendix A: Some basic algebraic techniques -- Appendix B: Mathematical induction -- Appendix C: Probability.
Subject:
Mathematics.
Mathematical recreations.
Problem solving.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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