An edition of Mathematical recreations and problems of past and present times (1892)

Mathematical recreations and essays.

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An edition of Mathematical recreations and problems of past and present times (1892)

Mathematical recreations and essays.

6th ed.

by , , and

  • 1 Want to read

N.B.: Tenth edition and prior are by W. W. Rouse Ball. Newer editions are revised and extended by H. S. M. Coxeter.

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Macmillan
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English
Pages
506

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Subjects

Matter, Magic squares, Mathematical recreations, Geometry, Famous problems, Space and time, Astrology, Jeux mathématiques, Ciphers, Cryptography, Geometry, famous problems, Bees, String figures, Hyperspace

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Cover of: Mathematical Recreations And Essays
Mathematical Recreations And Essays
June 30, 2004, Kessinger Publishing
Paperback in English
Cover of: Récréations mathématiques et problèmes des temps anciens et modernes
Récréations mathématiques et problèmes des temps anciens et modernes
1992, J. Gabay
in French - [Reprod. en fac-sim.].
Cover of: Mathematical recreations and essays
Mathematical recreations and essays
1987, Dover Publications
in English - 13th ed.
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Mathematical recreations & essays
1974, University of Toronto Press
in English - 12th ed.
Cover of: Mathematical recreations and essays
Mathematical recreations and essays
1922, Macmillan
in English - 10th ed.
Cover of: Mathematical recreations and essays
Mathematical recreations and essays
1920, Macmillan
in English - 9th ed.
Cover of: Mathematical recreations and essays
Mathematical recreations and essays
1917, Macmillan
- 7th ed.
Cover of: Mathematical recreations and essays.
Mathematical recreations and essays.
1914, Macmillan
in English - 6th ed.
Cover of: Mathematical recreations and essays
Mathematical recreations and essays
1911, Macmillan and Co., limited
in English - 5th ed.
Cover of: Récréations mathématiques et problèmes des temps anciens et modernes
Récréations mathématiques et problèmes des temps anciens et modernes
1908, A. Hermann

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Table of Contents

Arithmetical recreations.
Geometrical recreations.
Mechanical recreations.
Chessboard recreations.
Magic squares.
Unicursal problems.
Kirkman's school-girls problem.
Miscellaneous problems.
The mathematical tripos.
Three classical geometrical problems.
The parallel postulate.
Insolubility of the algebraic quintic.
Mersenne's numbers.
String figures.
Astrology.
Cryptographs and ciphers.
Hyper-space.
Time and its measurement.
Matter and ether theories.

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xvi, 506 p.
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506

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"I commence by describing some arithmetical recreations."

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