Tracking the Automatic ANT: And Other Mathematical Explorations

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ISBN
9780387982724
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Springer
ISBN-10
0387982728
ISBN-13
9780387982724
eBay Product ID (ePID)
351301

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
252 Pages
Publication Name
Automatic Ant : and Other Mathematical Explorations
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Subject
Recreations & Games
Type
Textbook
Author
David Gale
Subject Area
Mathematics
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19.4 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
97-033272
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
793.7/4
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.
LC Classification Number
QA95.G127 1998

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