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050 4 _aQA93 .H394 2017
082 0 _a510
100 1 _aHayes, Brian.
245 1 0 _aFoolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bMIT Press,
_c2017.
264 4 _c©2017.
300 _a1 online resource (245 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThe MIT Press Series
505 0 _aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Young Gauss Sums It Up -- 2 Outside the Law of Averages -- 3 How to Avoid Yourself -- 4 The Spectrum of Riemannium -- 5 Unwed Numbers -- 6 Crinkly Curves -- 7 Wagering with Zeno -- 8 The Higher Arithmetic -- 9 First Links in the Markov Chain -- 10 Playing Ball in the nth Dimension -- 11 Quasirandom Ramblings -- 12 Pencil, Paper, and Pi -- 13 Foolproof -- Sources and Resources -- References -- Index.
520 _aA non-mathematician explores mathematical terrain, reporting accessibly and engagingly on topics from Sudoku to probability.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHayes, Brian
_tFoolproof, and Other Mathematical Meditations
_dCambridge : MIT Press,c2017
_z9780262536073
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 4 _aThe MIT Press Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5340066
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