The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects: Research in Recreational Math by Jason Rosenhouse, Jennifer Beineke, Raymond M. Smullyan

The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects: Research in Recreational Math

Jason Rosenhouse, Jennifer Beineke, Raymond M. Smullyan

273 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction mathematics informative medium-paced
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The history of mathematics is filled with major breakthroughs resulting from solutions to recreational problems. Problems of interest to gamblers led to the modern theory of probability, for example, and surreal numbers were inspired by the game o...

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