Mage Merlin's unsolved mathematical mysteries / Satyan Linus Devadoss, Matthew Harvey.

"This is a graphically bold, story-driven book, accessible to readers with a middle-school math background, that engagingly introduces readers to 16 unsolved mathematical puzzles. There are two main (fictional) characters in the book: "Mage" Maryam (named in honor of the late Maryam Mirzakhani, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Devadoss, Satyan L., 1973- (Author)
Harvey, Matthew, 1974- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Mathematical recreations.
Mathematics > Problems, exercises, etc.
Mathematics.
Problems and exercises.
Genre:
Problems, exercises, etc.
Problems and exercises.
Physical Description:xiii, 101 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Maryam Mirzakhani and the landscape of mathematics
  • Great hall window
  • Blessed birthday banquet
  • Tinkering toy trouble
  • Glorious gift wrappings
  • Perfect cake combinations
  • Round table tiles
  • Lancelot's labyrinth labor
  • Stonehenge tapestries
  • Mystic mountain madness
  • Camelot carnival celebration
  • Row boat distribution
  • Holy grail vault
  • Starstone shattering
  • Knights square formation
  • Thirty-three tree tomb
  • Lady of the lake.