Mathematical Recreations & Essays : : Twelfth Edition / / W. W. Rouse Ball, H.S.M. Coxeter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Ball, W. W. Rouse,; Coxeter, H.S.M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1974
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (450 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface to the Tenth Edition --; Preface to the Eleventh Edition --; Preface to the Twelfth Edition --; Contents --; I. Arithmetical Recreations --; II. Arithmetical Recreations (Continued) --; III. Geometrical Recreations --; IV. Geometrical Recreations (Continued) --; V. Polyhedra --; VI. Chess-Board Recreations --; VII. Magic Squares --; VIII. Map-Colouring Problems --; IX. Unicursal Problems --; X. Combinatorial Designs --; XI. Miscellaneous Problems --; XII. Three Classical Geometrical Problems --; XIII. Calculating Prodigies --; XIV. Cryptography and Cryptanalysis --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442656529; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442656529
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: W. W. Rouse Ball, H.S.M. Coxeter.

For over eighty years this delightful classic has provided entertainment through mathematical problems commonly known as recreations. Although they often involve fundamental mathematical methods and notions, their chief appeal is as games or puzzles rather than the usefulness of their conclusions. This new edition upholds the original, but the terminology and treatment of problems have been updated and much new material has been added. There are new selections on polyominoes and the notion of dragon designs, and a new chapter, ‘Introduction to Combinatorics.’ Other topics dealt with in the fourteen chapters include arithmetical and geometrical recreations and problems, polyhedra, chess-board recreations, unicursal problems, cryptography and cryptanalysis, and calculating prodigies. Since no knowledge of calculus or analytic geometry is necessary to enjoy the recreations, this book will appeal widely to teachers of mathematics and students and to anyone who is mathematically inclined.