{"product_id":"mathematical-puzzles-peter-winkler-9781032708485","title":"Mathematical Puzzles: Revised Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eResearch in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increases one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathematical Puzzles\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emakes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Revised Edition has been thoroughly edited to correct errors and provide clarifications, and includes some totally different solutions, modified puzzles, and one entirely new puzzle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA collection of the world's best mathematical puzzles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach chapter features a technique for solving mathematical puzzles, examples, and finally a genuine theorem of mathematics that features that technique in its proof\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePuzzles that are entertaining, mystifying, paradoxical, and satisfying; they are not just exercises or contest problems.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Winkler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032708484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032708485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e A K PETERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.05d","brand":"Peter Winkler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45981001351423,"sku":"9781032708485","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ad2d5e6-aa16-4da7-aba3-8e3bf9b5a431.jpg?v=1722417460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mathematical-puzzles-peter-winkler-9781032708485","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}