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020 _a0883855216
041 _aeng
080 _a51
_bGAR
100 _aGardner, Martin.
245 _aPenrose tiles to trapdoor Ciphers
_band the return of Dr.Matrix
260 _aNew York
_bMathematical Association of America
_c1997
300 _aix,319 p.
440 _aMathematical Association of America Spectrum Series
505 _aPenrose tiling Penrose tiling II Mandelbrot's fractals Conway's surreal numbers Back from the Klondike and other problems The Oulipo The Oulipo II Wythoff's Nim Pool-ball triangles and other problems Mathematical induction and colored hats Negative numbers Cutting shapes into n congruent parts Trapdoor ciphers Trapdoor ciphers II Hyperbolas The new Eleusis Ramsey theory From Burrs to Berrocal Sicherman dice, the Kruskal count and other curiosities Raymond Smullyan's logic puzzles The return of Dr. Matrix
520 _aA collection of some of Gardner's "Mathematical Games" columns from twenty-five years of Scientific American. New material included in a bibliography and a postscript
650 _aJeux mathématiques
650 _aPuzzles and games
650 _aMathematical recreations
690 _aMathematics
942 _cBK
999 _c13785
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