MTU Cork Library Catalogue

Mathematical gems II / Ross Honsberger.

By: Honsberger, Ross, 1929-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Dolciani mathematical expositions: Publisher: Washington, DC : Mathematical Association of America, 1976Description: ix,182p : ill ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0883853191 (x) (vol.2); 0883853000 (w) (set).Subject(s): Number theory | Geometry | Mathematics | Combinatorial analysisDDC classification: 510
Contents:
Three surprises from combinatorics and number theory -- Four minor gems from geometry -- A problem in checker-jumping -- The generation of prime numbers -- Two combinatorial proofs -- Bicentric polygons, Steiner chains and the Hexlet -- A theorem of Gabriel Lame -- Box-packing problems -- A theorem of bang and the isosceles tetragedon -- An intriguiging series -- Chvatal's art gallery theorem -- The set of distances determined by n points in the plane -- A Putnam paper problem -- Lovasz proof of a theorem of Tute.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 510 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00010589
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

Three surprises from combinatorics and number theory -- Four minor gems from geometry -- A problem in checker-jumping -- The generation of prime numbers -- Two combinatorial proofs -- Bicentric polygons, Steiner chains and the Hexlet -- A theorem of Gabriel Lame -- Box-packing problems -- A theorem of bang and the isosceles tetragedon -- An intriguiging series -- Chvatal's art gallery theorem -- The set of distances determined by n points in the plane -- A Putnam paper problem -- Lovasz proof of a theorem of Tute.

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