Название: The Art of Mathematics: Coffee Time in Memphis
Автор: Bela Bollobas
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2006
ISBN: 9780521693950
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 359
Размер: 10,3 mb
Язык: English

Recreational mathematics is full of frivolous questions where the mathematician's art can be brought to bear. But play often has a purpose. In mathematics, it can sharpen skills, provide amusement, or simply surprise, and books of problems have been the stock-in-trade of mathematicians for centuries. This collection is designed to be sipped from, rather than consumed in one sitting. The questions range in difficulty: the most challenging offer a glimpse of deep results that engage mathematicians today; even the easiest prompt readers to think about mathematics. All come with solutions, many with hints, and most with illustrations.