New mathematical diversions

Martin Gardner0883855178, 9780883855171

Table of contents :
HOME……Page 1
CONTENTS……Page 8
INTRODUCTION……Page 10
The Binary System……Page 13
Group Theory and Braids……Page 23
Eight Problems……Page 34
The Games and Puzzles of Lewis Carroll……Page 47
Paper Cutting……Page 58
Board Games……Page 70
Packing Spheres……Page 82
The Transcendental Number Pi……Page 91
Victor Eigen: Mathemagician……Page 103
The Four-Color Map Theorem……Page 113
Mr. Apollinax Visits New York……Page 124
Nine Problems……Page 134
Polyominoes and Fault-Free Rectangles……Page 150
Euler’s Spoilers: The Discovery of an Order-10 Graeco-Latin Square……Page 162
The Ellipse……Page 173
The 24 Color Squares and the 30 Color Cubes……Page 184
H.S.M. Coxeter……Page 196
Bridg-it and Other Games……Page 210
Nine More Problems……Page 219
The Calculus of Finite Differences……Page 234
Postscript……Page 247
Bibliography……Page 259