Chandrahas Halai (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. Whether you like math or not, this book will entertain you so much that you will fall in love with math. This book is a mathematical thriller. It will take you on a rollercoaster ride of recreational mathematics having surprising results, counter intuitive outcomes, powerful proofs, perplexing puzzles, challenging problems and amazing applications. From self-describing numbers to fascinating figurate numbers, the design of paper size standards, single knockout elimination tournaments, the birthday problem, handshake problem, summation of infinite geometric series, the matrix of secret messages, Mendel's peas (from statistics to genetics), the last one standing (Josephus problem), and mathematics in motion: Von Neumann and the fly dilemma, this book covers a wide range of terrific topics. There is something in this book for everyone.