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Anyone interested in mathematics will find something of interest in this book -- Choice
Secondary teachers and university faculty will find this book interesting and a good resource for extension exercises. -- The Mathematics Teacher
This book should be an element of every public library. -- Journal of Recreational Mathematics
Secondary teachers and university faculty will find this book interesting and a good resource for extension exercises. -- The Mathematics Teacher
This book should be an element of every public library. -- Journal of Recreational Mathematics
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'Mathematics and mathematicians can be the objects of public interest, if there are individuals capable of explaining those items in a form that the intelligent reader can follow. Keith Devlin is such a person and the editors of the British paper, The Manchester Guardian, were intelligent enough to understand that. This book should be an element of every public library.' Journal of Recreational Mathematics
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A prime number is any whole number which can only be divided (without recourse to remainders or fractions) by the numbers 1 and itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
micro owners, repunit numbers, palindromic squares, home micro, exact divisors, largest known prime number, odd perfect numbers, whole number solutions, amicable pairs, record primes, decimal expression, many prime numbers, positive whole numbers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fermat's Last Theorem, Pierre de Fermat, Monte Carlo, Riemann Hypothesis, Stanford University, Big Brother, Liar Paradox, New Jersey, Cray Research, Leonhard Euler, New York, Bell Laboratories, San Diego, United States, West German, Hilbert's Hotel, Prisoner's Dilemma, Riemann Problem, University of Texas, William Shanks, Alan Turing, Christian Aid, Connection Machine, David Hilbert, Flatland May New!
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A prime number is any whole number which can only be divided (without recourse to remainders or fractions) by the numbers 1 and itself. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
micro owners, repunit numbers, palindromic squares, home micro, exact divisors, largest known prime number, odd perfect numbers, whole number solutions, amicable pairs, record primes, decimal expression, many prime numbers, positive whole numbers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fermat's Last Theorem, Pierre de Fermat, Monte Carlo, Riemann Hypothesis, Stanford University, Big Brother, Liar Paradox, New Jersey, Cray Research, Leonhard Euler, New York, Bell Laboratories, San Diego, United States, West German, Hilbert's Hotel, Prisoner's Dilemma, Riemann Problem, University of Texas, William Shanks, Alan Turing, Christian Aid, Connection Machine, David Hilbert, Flatland May New!
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- Lure of the Integers (MAA Spectrum) by Joe Roberts in Front Matter
- Student Research Projects in Calculus (Spectrum Series) by Edward D. Gaughan in Front Matter
- Mathematical Circus (Spectrum) by Martin Gardner in Front Matter
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