A mathematical medley: fifty easy pieces on mathematics
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| Item Description: | Auf der Rückseite der Titelseite: "Some of these stories were published previously in the following Germanlanguage publications: "Mathematik für Sonntagnachmittag" ; weitere 50 Geschichten aus "Mathematik und Wissenschaft", Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich, 2006, and "Mathematischer Cocktail : Zauberwürfel, die Liebe zu den Warteschlangen und weitere Geschichten", Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich, 2008. An earlier version of "Bella Abramovna Subbotovskaya and the "Jewish People’s University"" was previously published in Notices Amer. Math. Society 54, no. 10 (2007), pp. 1326–1330. An earlier version of "Interview with Stephen Smale" was previously published in Notices Amer. Math. Society 54, no. 8 (2007), 995–997." |
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| adam_text | Titel: A mathematical medley
Autor: Szpiro, George G
Jahr: 2010
Contents
Chapter 1. A Baker s Dozen 1
Math for math s sake
Chapter 2. Getting Closer to the Roots 15
Chapter 3. Mock Functions 19
Chapter 4. Meanderings of a Mathematical Proof 23
Chapter 5. All Roads Lead to Rome 25
Chapter 6. Secrets Hidden in Numbers 29
Chapter 7. Prime Time for Primes 33
Math applied to real life
Chapter 8. Stamps and Coins 39
Chapter 9. On the (Un)Fairness of Queues 43
Chapter 10. Run or Walk on the Walkway? 47
Chapter 11. Suspicious Use of the Digit 9 51
Chapter 12. The Letter Writers 55
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Contents
Chapter 13. Wobbly Tables 59
Personalities
Chapter 14. Bella Abramova Subbotovskaya and the
Jewish People s University 65
Chapter 15. No Answer from Professor Ekhad 75
Chapter 16. The Yippie Mathematician 79
Chapter 17. Sibling Rivalry 85
Chapter 18. A Diplomat With a Love for Numbers 89
Chapter 19. The Wunderkind 93
Chapter 20. Brilliant but Fallible 97
In the air
Chapter 21. The Plane Facts 103
Chapter 22. Creating Bottlenecks 107
Chapter 23. All Flights Lead to Paris...and Anchorage Hl
Chapter 24. Long-Distance Flights are Grounded 115
Training the brain
Chapter 25. Calculating on the Left Side 121
Chapter 26. Losing the Language Instinet 125
Chapter 27. Information Overload 129
Chapter 28. The Gase for Mental Arithmetic 133
Games, gifts, and other diversions
Chapter 29. How Many Moves to Rubik? 139
Chapter 30. A Puzzling Puzzle 143
Contents ix
Chapter 31. Boring Assembly Debates 147
Chapter 32. A Step Too Far 151
Chapter 33. Givers and Takers 155
Chapter 34. Who Wins Tic-Tac-Toe? 159
Chapter 35. Liars and Half-liars 163
Chapter 36. Perfect Chequers Ends in a Draw 167
Choosing and dividing
Chapter 37. The Talmud?A Precursor to Game Theory? 173
Chapter 38. How the Cake Crumbles 177
Chapter 39. Spoilt for Choice 181
Chapter 40. Selecting the Best Pope and the Best Song 185
Money, and making it
Chapter 41. Follow the Money 191
Chapter 42. Earthquakes, Epileptic Fits, and the
Stock Market Crash 195
Chapter 43. Don t Shoot the Messenger 201
Interdisciplinary matters
Chapter 44. Fascinating Fractals 207
Chapter 45. In Dubio (probably) Pro Reo 211
Chapter 46. Once Upon a Time There Was a Mathematical
Problem 215
Chapter 47. If Only My Ringtone Were Unique 219
Chapter 48. Enforcing Voluntary Cooperation 223
x Contents
Chapter 49. Code or Hoax? 225
Chapter 50. Crusade Against Sloppy Mathematics 229
References 233
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