Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781568812014)

Collected over several years by Peter Winkler, of Bell Labs, dozens of elegant, intriguing challenges are presented in Mathematical Puzzles. The answers are easy to explain, but without this book, devilishly hard to find. Creative reasoning is the key to these puzzles. No involved computation or higher mathematics is necessary, but your ability to construct a mathematical proof will be severly tested--even if you are a professional mathematician. For the truly adventurous, there is even a chapter on unsolved puzzles.

Author: Peter Winkler
ISBN-10: 1568812019
ISBN-13: 9781568812014
Publisher: A K PETERS
Language: English
Published: 12/26/2003
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.18w x 0.47d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2004 pg. 330