9789382993865

NEW NEW NEW NEW Size : 150mm x 230mm • Pages : x+170pp

• Year : 2014 • Binding : Paperback • ISBN : 9789382993865 • Price ` 225.00 only

Popular Problems and Puzzles in Mathematics Asok Kumar Mallik Asok Kumar Mallik is Honorary Distinguished Professor and INSA Senior Scientist at the Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, Shibpur (previously Bengal Engineering College).

Popular Problems and Puzzles in Mathematics Asok Kumar Mallik One requires elementary knowledge of mathematics to enjoy this entertaining compilation of brain-teasers.

Key features 1. Suitable for high-school students and maths buffs 2. More than 150 problems covering different areas of elementary mathematics 3. Brainstorming problems graded as easy, moderate and difficult 4. Complete solutions included 5. Appendices showing various applications in the end

Table of Contents

Preface • Overview; Problems • Alphametics • Problems of Missing Digits • Problems with Large Numbers • More Problems with Numbers • Agerelated Problems • Time and Distance Problems• Money Related Problems • Detecting Counterfeit Coins• Geometrical Calculations• Birthday Probability Problems • Miscellaneous Problems • Problems on Geodesics • Optimisation Problems in Geometry • Problems in Geometry with Folding • More Problems in Geometry• Historically Famous

Problems; Archimedes Problem; Josephus Problems Fibonacci Problem; Harmonic Series Fermat’s Problem Descartes Problem of Four Circles Touching One Another Torricelli’s Funnel Huygens Problem to Leibnitz Euler’s Line Euler’s Series Euler’s Golden Formula Connecting the Natural Numbers and Prime Numbers Lewis Carroll’s Problem on Probability Ask Marilyn Genius of Ramanujan Men, Monkey and Coconuts Problem Morley’s Theorem Bertschneider (Coolidge)/ Brahmagupta’s Formula Pick’s Theorem Dissection Problem of Dudeney Koch’s Island • Problems with Infinite Series • An Unsolved Optimisation Problem in Geometry; Solutions • Appendices; Appendix I Linear Diophantine Equations in Two Unknowns; Appendix II A Note on Private and Public Key: RSA Algorithm; Appendix III Fibonacci Numbers, Golden Section, Golden Angle, Golden Rectangle and Golden Spiral; Appendix IV Mathematics with Prime Numbers • References Foundation Books is an imprint of Cambridge University Press, India.

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05/2014