Topics in Recreational Mathmatics

by J.H. Cadwell

Book Overview

This book shows something of the fascination, beauty and power of mathematical ideas. It is based on talks which the author has given to mathematical and scientific audiences, many of whom found the material unfamiliar. The fifteen topics range from the distribution of prime numbers among the integers to the enumeration of the seventeen distinct types of wall-paper pattern. (The standard of mathematics assumed in the reader is roughly that of British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521096200
• ISBN13: 9780521096201
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"