Adventures in group theory : Rubik's cube, Merlin's machine, and other mathematical toys

著者

• Joyner, David

書誌事項

Adventures in group theory : Rubik's cube, Merlin's machine, and other mathematical toys

David Joyner

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-256) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780801869457

内容説明

Group theory deals with symmetry, in the most abstract form possible. It is a core part of the undergraduate maths curriculum, and forms part of the training of theoretical physicists and chemical crystallographers. In this book, David Joyner uses mathematical toys (primarily the Rubik's Cube and its more modern cousins, the Megaminx, the Pyraminx, and so on) as well as other mathematical examples (for example, bell-ringing) to breathe new life into a time-honoured, and usually dry, subject. "Why," asks the author, "should two such different topics, mechanical puzzles and abstract group theory, be related? This book takes the reader on an intellectual trip to answer this curiosity". The book should not only appeal to maths enthusiasts and interested general readers but should also find use in the classroom as a supplementary text in any abstract algebra or group theory course.

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780801869471

内容説明

Group theory deals with symmetry, in the most abstract form possible. It is a core part of the undergraduate math curriculum, and forms part of the training of theoretical physicists and chemical crystallographers. In this book, David Joyner uses mathematical toys (primarily the Rubik's Cube and its more modern cousins, the Megaminx, the Pyraminx, and so on) as well as other mathematical examples (for example, bell-ringing) to breathe new life into a time-honoured, and usually dry, subject. "Why," asks the author, "should two such different topics, mechanical puzzles and abstract group theory, be related? This book takes the reader on an intellectual trip to answer this curiosity". The book should not only appeal to maths enthusiasts and interested general readers but should also find use in the classroom as a supplementary text in any abstract algebra or group theory course.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA58177290
• ISBN:
  • 0801869471
  • 0801869455
• LCCN: 2001050252
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Baltimore, Md.
• ページ数/冊数: xv, 262 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm