Famous Puzzles of Great Mathematicians

by Miodrag S. Petkovic (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0821848142

ISBN-10: 0821848143

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This entertaining book presents a collection of 180 famous mathematical puzzles and intriguing elementary problems that great mathematicians have posed, discussed, and/or solved. The selected problems do not require advanced mathematics, making this book accessible to a variety of readers. Mathematical recreations offer a rich playground for both amateur and professional mathematicians. Believing that creative stimuli and aesthetic considerations are closely related, great mathematicians from ancient times to the present have always taken an interest in puzzles and diversions. The goal of this book is to show that famous mathematicians have all communicated brilliant ideas, methodological approaches, and absolute genius in mathematical thoughts by using recreational mathematics as a framework. Concise biographies of many mathematicians mentioned in the text are also included. The majority of the mathematical problems presented in this book originated in number theory, graph theory, optimization, and probability. Others are based on combinatorial and chess problems, while still others are geometrical and arithmetical puzzles. This book is intended to be both entertaining as well as an introduction to various intriguing mathematical topics and ideas. Certainly, many stories and famous puzzles can be very useful to prepare classroom lectures, to inspire and amuse students, and to instill affection for mathematics.

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Product Details

Paperback: 325 pages
Publisher: American Mathematical Society (September 2, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0821848143
ISBN-13: 978-0821848142
Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 7 x 10.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,108,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An interesting and entertaining read

By Naissus on April 22, 2012

Format: Paperback

I read a lot of books in recreational mathematics, and this book is one of my favorites.
There are at least three reasons that make this book excellent: very intriguing and entertaining
puzzles, interesting stories and anecdotes from the lives of great mathematicians and very useful
concise biographies of these giants of science. And great illustrations too! Solving these puzzles,
some of which are famous tasks, is a real pleasure.

There is no any problem with difficult tasks; complete solutions are given without the use of
advanced mathematics. In particular, the reader can meet very nice introductory problems in many
branches of mathematics and learn a lot of curious and interesting mathematical facts.

I warmly recommend this book to amateurs and professional mathematicians.

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Entertaining and thought provoking

By HamburgMD on April 26, 2012

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I really enjoyed reading this book and thinking about the puzzles in it - if you are a fan of recreational mathematics books by Martin Gardner, I am sure you will enjoy this too. The book contains an entertaining collection of famous puzzles posed, solved or discussed by great mathematicians ranging from Archimedes to the present day. It is arranged in several broad categories including number theory, combinatorics, chess, graph theory, geometry, and probability. While the mathematics behind the puzzles can be understood by any reader with a good grasp of high-school level mathematics, they would also be interesting and thought provoking for readers with a more advanced mathematical background. Complete solutions of most of the puzzles are given, together with interesting comments and related variants.

A particularly appealing aspect of the book is the way in which the puzzles themselves and presented alongside biographical information and anecdotes about the lives of the mathematicians involved.

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After Gardner, get this

By Ed Pegg Jr VINE VOICE on May 22, 2011

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If you're interested in recreational mathematics, first get Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games. His collection of 15 books is the core of the whole field.

After collecting the Gardner books, this is a good next book to get.

The power of recreational math -- and a boy, it got me to like math. I was able to read about math that was fun. In grade school, the curriculum seemed designed to make math boring. I learned to use a calculator... and basic programming .. to skip the boring stuff. Math became useful.

This book has a good overview of all the funner material in mathematics.

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Before anything , get this

By Michailidis Konstantinos on July 2, 2011

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A well structured book from ancient times to modernity.Successful historical background and solutions to most problems described in the book.I would suggest this as an introductory book to math puzzles.

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