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Tracking the Automatic ANT: And Other Mathematical Explorations - Softcover

Gale, David

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9781461274537: Tracking the Automatic ANT: And Other Mathematical Explorations
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ISBN 10: 1461274532 ISBN 13: 9781461274537
Publisher: Springer, 2011

Synopsis

For those fascinated by the abstract universe of mathematics, David Gale's columns in The Mathematical Intelligencer have been a prime source of entertainment. Here Gale's columns are collected for the first time in book form. Encouraged by the magazine's editor, Sheldon Axler, to write on whatever pleased him, Gale ranged far and wide across the field of mathematics but frequently returned to favorite themes: triangles, tilings, the mysterious properties of sequences given by simple recursions, games and paradoxes, and the particular automaton that gives this collection its title, the "automatic ant". The level is suitable for those with some familiarity with mathematical ideas, but great sophistication is not needed.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1461274532
ISBN 13 
9781461274537
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
252
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