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How to cut a cake : and other mathematical conundrums / Ian Stewart.

By: Stewart, Ian, 1945- [author].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: xi, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780199205905 (pbk. : acidfree paper); 0199205906 (pbk. : acidfree paper).Subject(s): Mathematical recreations | Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Activity programsDDC classification: 510 STE Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Your half's bigger than my half! -- Repealing the law of averages -- Arithmetic and old lace -- Paradox lost -- Tight tins for round sardines -- The never-ending chess game -- Quods and quasars -- Zero knowledge protocols -- Empires on the moon -- Empires and electronics -- Resurrection shuffle-- Double bubble, toil and trouble -- Crossed lines in the brick factory -- Division without envy -- Furiously flashing fireflies -- Why phone cords get tangled -- Sierpinski's ubiquitous gasket -- Defend the roman empire!-- Triangulation takeaway -- Easter Is a quasicrystal.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-221) and index.

Your half's bigger than my half! -- Repealing the law of averages -- Arithmetic and old lace -- Paradox lost -- Tight tins for round sardines -- The never-ending chess game -- Quods and quasars -- Zero knowledge protocols -- Empires on the moon -- Empires and electronics -- Resurrection shuffle-- Double bubble, toil and trouble -- Crossed lines in the brick factory -- Division without envy -- Furiously flashing fireflies -- Why phone cords get tangled -- Sierpinski's ubiquitous gasket -- Defend the roman empire!-- Triangulation takeaway -- Easter Is a quasicrystal.

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