The Raven's Hat: Fallen Pictures, Rising Sequences, and Other Mathematical Games

by Nicolai Meinshausen and Jonas Peters

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Games that show how mathematics can solve the apparently unsolvable.

This book presents a series of engaging games that seem unsolvable--but can be solved when they are translated into mathematical terms. How can players find their ID cards when the cards are distributed randomly among twenty boxes? By applying the theory of permutations. How can a player guess the color of her own hat when she can only see other players' hats? Hamming...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:026204451X

ISBN13:9780262044516

Release Date:February 2021

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"

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Games Math Mathematics Science & Math

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