Polyominoes: Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, And Packings, Revised And Expanded Second Edition
Language: English
Published by Princeton University Press, 1996
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Xii, 184 Pp. Softcover 1996 Printing Of The 1994 Second Edition. Fine. Inscribed By Golomb To A Fellow Mathematician And With The Recipient's Bookplate. Per Wikipedia, Solomon Wolf Golomb (1932 –2016) Was An American Mathematician, Engineer, And Professor Of Electrical Engineering At The University Of Southern California, Best Known For His Works On Mathematical Games. He Most Notably Invented Cheskers (A Hybrid Between Chess And Checkers) In 1948. He Also Fully Described Polyominoes In 1953. He Specialized In Problems Of Combinatorial Analysis, Number Theory, Coding Theory, And Communications. Pentomino Board Games, Based On His Work, Would Go On To Inspire Tetris.
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- Title
- Polyominoes: Puzzles, Patterns, Problems, And Packings, Revised And Expanded Second Edition
- Author
- Solomon W. Golomb
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Fine
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0691024448
- ISBN 13
- 9780691024448
- Illustrator
- Warren Lushbaugh
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Series
- Book 42 of 61: Princeton Science Library
- Seller catalogs
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Inspiring popular video games like Tetris while contributing to the study of combinatorial geometry and tiling theory, polyominoes have continued to spark interest ever since their inventor, Solomon Golomb, introduced them to puzzle enthusiasts several decades ago. In this fully revised and expanded edition of his landmark book, the author takes a new generation of readers on a mathematical journey into the world of the deceptively simple polyomino. Golomb incorporates important, recent developments, and poses problems, inviting the reader to play with and develop an understanding of the extraordinary properties of polyominoes.
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