The Art of Mathematics: Coffee Time in Memphis - Hardcover

Bollobás, Béla

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521872286 ISBN 13: 9780521872287

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Can a Christian escape from a lion? How quickly can a rumor spread? Can you fool an airline into accepting oversize baggage? 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. Whether you are an expert, or a beginner or an amateur mathematician, this book will delight for a lifetime.

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Book Description

Can a Christian escape from a lion? How quickly can a rumour spread? This collection of problems is designed to be sipped from, rather than consumed in one sitting. Whether you are an expert, a beginner or an amateur, this book will delight for a lifetime.

About the Author

Béla Bollobás is a Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge and is the Jabie Hardin Chair of Excellence in Combinatorics at the University of Memphis. He has held visiting positions from Seattle to Singapore, from Brazil to Zurich. This is his tenth book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521872286
• ISBN 13: 9780521872287
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 374