The Raven's Hat
Fallen Pictures, Rising Sequences, and Other Mathematical Games
by Jonas Peters; Nicolai Meinshausen
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Pub Date Feb 02 2021 | Archive Date Feb 25 2021
MIT Press | The MIT Press
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Description
This book presents a series of engaging games that seem unsolvable--but can be solved when they are translated into mathematical terms. How can players find their ID cards when the cards are distributed randomly among twenty boxes? By applying the theory of permutations. How can a player guess the color of her own hat when she can only see other players' hats? Hamming codes, which are used in communication technologies. Like magic, mathematics solves the apparently unsolvable. The games allow readers, including university students or anyone with high school-level math, to experience the joy of mathematical discovery.
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780262044516 |
| PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 192 |
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