How to Cut a Cake

And Other Mathematical Conundrums

Ian Stewart

232 pages, parution le 19/10/2006

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Résumé

Twenty more curious puzzles and fantastical mathematical stories from Professor Ian Stewart, one of the world's most popular and accessible writers on mathematics.
The stories are populated by amazing creatures, strange characters, and astonishing mathematics explained in an accessible and fun way.
Illustrated with quirky cartoons.
Will delight those who love puzzles and mathematical conundrums.

Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each quirky tale presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle -- challenging, fun, and also introducing the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way.

Readership: Anyone who loves puzzles and mathematics. Readers will range from older school students interested in maths, to parents and schoolteachers, maths undergraduates, maths professionals, and the general reader of popular mathematics and puzzles.

L'auteur - Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart, professeur émérite de mathématiques à l'université de Warwick (Grande-Bretagne), prix Faraday 2001 de la Royal Society, a publié plus de quatre-vingts livres, dont de nombreux best-sellers. Sont disponibles dans la collection Champs : Dieu joue-t-il aux dés ?, La Chasse aux trésors mathématiques, 17 équations qui ont changé le monde.

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Sommaire

Preface
Your Half's Bigger Than My Half!
Repealing the Law of Averages
Arithmetic and Old Lace
Paradox Lost
Tight Tins for Round Sardines
The Never-Ending Chess Game
Quods and Quazars
Zero Knowledge Protocols
Empires on the Moon
Empires and Electronics
Resurrection Shuffle
Double Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Crossed Lines in the Brick Factory
Division Without Envy
Furiously flashing fireflies
Why Phone Cords Get Tangled
Sierpinski's Ubiquitous Gasket
Defend the Roman empire!
Triangulation Takeaway
Easter is a quasicrystal
Further Reading
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Ian Stewart
Parution	19/10/2006
Nb. de pages	232
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	391g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780199205905
ISBN13	978-0-19-920590-5