Mathematical Puzzles Av Peter (Dartmouth College Usa) Winkler

<P>Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increases one''s armory of techniques for doing mathematics. <STRONG><EM>Mathematical Puzzles</EM></STRONG> makes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem.</P><P></P><B><P>Features</P><UL></B><P><LI>A collection of the world¿s best mathematical puzzles</LI><P></P><P><LI>Each chapter features a technique for solving mathematical puzzles, examples, and finally a genuine theorem of mathematics that features that technique in its proof</LI><P></P><P><LI>Puzzles that are entertaining, mystifying, paradoxical, and satisfying; they are not just exercises or contest problems.</LI><P></P></UL><B><P></B> </P>