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Mathematical Solitaires and Games / by Benjamin L Schwartz

Author
Schwartz, Benjamin L.
Published
Boca Raton, FL : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, [2019]
Copyright Date
©1968
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource (160 pages)
Additional Creators
Taylor & Francis
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Contents
Editors Preface -- SECTION ONE: Solitaire Games with ToysSolving Instant Insanity Robert E. Levin The Mayblox Problem Margaret A. Farrell -- A Solitaire Game and Its Relation to a Finite Field N. G. de Bruijn -- Triangular Puzzle Peg Irvin Roy Hentzel -- Parity and Centerness Applied to the SOMA Cube Michael J. Whinihanand Charles W. Trigg -- The Tower of Brahma Revisited Ted Roth -- Tower of Hanoi with More Pegs Brother Alfred Brousseau -- SECTION TWO: Competitive GamesCompound Games with Counters Cedric A. B. Smith The Game of SIM Gustavus J. Simmons -- Some Investigations into the Game of SIM A. P. DeLoach -- SIM as a Game of Chance W. W. Funkenbusch -- SIM on a Desktop Calculator John N. Nairn and A. B. Sperry -- A Winning Strategy for SIM E. M. Rounds and S. S. Yau -- The Graph of Positions for the Game of SIM G. L. O'Brien -- Dots and Squares Ernest R. Ranucci An Analysis of "Square It" Thomas S. Briggs -- Dots and Triangles Joseph Viggiano -- Dots and Cubes Everett V. Jackson -- A Winning Opening in Reverse Hex Ronald Evans -- SECTION THREE: Solitaire GamesArrows and Circuits Brian R. Barwell Knight Interchanges: 1 Robert E. Parkin -- Knight Interchanges: 2 Ted Roth -- The Stacked Playing Cards Robert E. Parkin -- Extension of the Chain-Cutting Problem Donald R. Byrkit and William M. Walters, Jr. -- The "12 + 1" False Coin Problem M. H. Greenblatt -- BONUS SECTION: The Four-Color Problem The Mathematics of Map Coloring H. S. M. Coxeter -- Every Planar Map is Four Colorable Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken.
Summary
A collection of solitaires and games.
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ISBN
9781315224169 (e-book : PDF)
Other Forms
Also available in print format.
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