Havil Nonplussed!

Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-3738-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Havil, Julian

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

Acknowledgements xiii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Three Tennis Paradoxes 4

Chapter 2: The Uphill Roller 16

Chapter 3: The Birthday Paradox 25

Chapter 4: The Spin of a Table 37

Chapter 5: Derangements 46

Chapter 6: Conway's Chequerboard Army 62

Chapter 7: The Toss of a Needle 68

Chapter 8: Torricelli's Trumpet 82

Chapter 9: Nontransitive Effects 92

Chapter 10: A Pursuit Problem 105

Chapter 11: Parrondo's Games 115

Chapter 12: Hyperdimensions 127

Chapter 13: Friday the 13th 151

Chapter 14: Fractran 162

The Motifs 180

Appendix A: The Inclusion-Exclusion Principle 187

Appendix B: The Binomial Inversion Formula 189

Appendix C: Surface Area and Arc Length 193

Index 195

Über Autor(innen)

Julian Havil is a former Master at Winchester College, England, where he taught mathematics for more than thirty years. He is the author of Gamma: Exploring Euler's Constant and Impossible?: Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums (both Princeton).