Stewart, Ian, 1945-
How to cut a cake : and other mathematical conundrums / Ian Stewart. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xi, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-221) and index.
Preface. - Figure Acknowledgements. - 1. Your Half's Bigger than My Half!. - 2. Repealing the Law of Averages. - 3. Arithmetic and Old Lace. - 4. Paradox Lost. - 5. Tight Tins for Round Sardines. - 6. The Never-Ending Chess Game. - 7. Quods and Quazars. - 8. Zero Knowledge Protocols. - 9. Empires on the Moon. - 10. Empires and Electronics. - 11. Resurrection Shuffle. - 12. Double Bubble, Toil and Trouble. - 13. Crossed Lines in the Brick Factory. - 14. Division without Env. - 15. Furiously Flashing Fireflies. 16. Why Phone Cords Get Tangled. - 17. Sierpinski's Ubiquitous Gasket. - 18. Defend the Roman Empire! 68. - 19. Triangulation Takeaway. - 20. Easter Is a Quasicrystal . - Further Reading. - Index.
0199205906 (pbk.) 9780199205905 (pbk.)
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Activity programs.
Mathematical recreations.
510 / STE
How to cut a cake : and other mathematical conundrums / Ian Stewart. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xi, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-221) and index.
Preface. - Figure Acknowledgements. - 1. Your Half's Bigger than My Half!. - 2. Repealing the Law of Averages. - 3. Arithmetic and Old Lace. - 4. Paradox Lost. - 5. Tight Tins for Round Sardines. - 6. The Never-Ending Chess Game. - 7. Quods and Quazars. - 8. Zero Knowledge Protocols. - 9. Empires on the Moon. - 10. Empires and Electronics. - 11. Resurrection Shuffle. - 12. Double Bubble, Toil and Trouble. - 13. Crossed Lines in the Brick Factory. - 14. Division without Env. - 15. Furiously Flashing Fireflies. 16. Why Phone Cords Get Tangled. - 17. Sierpinski's Ubiquitous Gasket. - 18. Defend the Roman Empire! 68. - 19. Triangulation Takeaway. - 20. Easter Is a Quasicrystal . - Further Reading. - Index.
0199205906 (pbk.) 9780199205905 (pbk.)
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Activity programs.
Mathematical recreations.
510 / STE