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    More Than 200 Recreational Mathematics Problems

    By Ian Duff

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    Opening boxes, running down an up escalator, swimming lengths, using a map print side down, a circular billiard table, cropping paper, the geometry of perspective, calculus-free optimisation – you’ll find this and much more in these 274 problems. To tackle them all you’ll need a clear logical mind and familiarity with basic algebra, geometry, trigonometry, probability, equations of motion under constant acceleration and elementary differentiation. Many of the problems will be clearer if a diagram of some sort is drawn. There is no purist assumption that you'll tackle all of them only by pencil and paper methods or by pure cerebration – some kind of computer search may well be preferable, or even necessary, in some cases. Minimal numerical/descriptive solutions are given at the end but no detailed working, in the hope that you’ll find the journey as interesting as the destination.

    The aim of this ebook is simple - to give those of you who like this sort of thing a lot of mathematical entertainment and interest. The cost is modest, the cost per problem is tiny and quite a bit can be seen without charge anyway.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIan Duff
    Release dateMay 13, 2017
    ISBN9781370863051
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    More Than 200 Recreational Mathematics Problems
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    Ian Duff

    A retired mathematics lecturer, I've long had an interest in devising short problems not requiring anything beyond clear thought and basic mathematics for their solution. Over my working life and beyond, I've assembled two large folders of miscellaneous topics and techniques, a fruitful source of such problems. On a more sombre note, since retirement I've produced a website commemorating the loss of a family member in northern France towards the end of WWII.

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