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How to cut a cake : and other mathematical conundrums / Ian Stewart.

By: Stewart, Ian, 1945-.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xi, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0199205906 (pbk.); 9780199205905 (pbk.).Subject(s): Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Activity programs | Mathematical recreationsDDC classification: 510
Contents:
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.
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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.