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Arithmetical, Geometrical and Combinatorial Puzzles from Japan
 
Tadao Kitazawa Nagano, Japan
Edited by: Andy Liu Edmonton, Canada
George Sicherman Red Bank, NJ
Arithmetical, Geometrical and Combinatorial Puzzles from Japan
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-6736-4
Product Code:  SPEC/102
List Price: $35.00
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eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-6823-1
Product Code:  SPEC/102.E
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Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-6736-4
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Arithmetical, Geometrical and Combinatorial Puzzles from Japan
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Arithmetical, Geometrical and Combinatorial Puzzles from Japan
Tadao Kitazawa Nagano, Japan
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-6736-4
Product Code:  SPEC/102
List Price: $35.00
MAA Member Price: $26.25
AMS Member Price: $26.25
Sale Price: $21.00
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-6823-1
Product Code:  SPEC/102.E
List Price: $35.00
MAA Member Price: $26.25
AMS Member Price: $26.25
Sale Price: $21.00
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-6736-4
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-6823-1
Product Code:  SPEC/102.B
List Price: $70.00 $52.50
MAA Member Price: $52.50 $39.38
AMS Member Price: $52.50 $39.38
Sale Price: $42.00 $31.50
  • Book Details
     
     
    Spectrum
    Volume: 1022021; 184 pp
    MSC: Primary 00

    The vibrant recreational mathematics culture of Japan presents puzzles that are often quite different from the classics of western literature. This book is the first collection of original puzzles by Tadao Kitazawa, a prominent Japanese puzzle-maker. These puzzles, which feature arithmetic, geometry, and combinatorics, are novel, creative, and require almost no formal mathematical knowledge. Kitazawa is particularly skillful in subtly modifying existing ideas to explore their potential to the full. For one example, a Tower Square is a Sudoku-like grid, but each row and column contains one 1, two 2s, three 3s, etc. The resulting transformation of the familiar problem is magical, and it is one of a variety of gems in this book. The common denominator is fun!

    Readership

    Undergraduate and graduate students and researchers interested in recreational math.

  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Chapters
    • General arithmetic
    • Digits and numbers
    • Magic configurations
    • Latin squares
    • Tower squares
    • General geometry
    • Symmetry
    • Constructions and dissections
    • Patterns and configurations
    • Prefabricated models
    • Polyominoes
    • Matchsticks
    • Paper cutting and folding
    • General combinatorics
    • Algorithms
    • Training camp for rooks
    • Energetic but timid rookies
    • Intergalactic rook convention
    • Knight school
    • Knights at peace and war
  • Requests
     
     
    Review Copy – for publishers of book reviews
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Volume: 1022021; 184 pp
MSC: Primary 00

The vibrant recreational mathematics culture of Japan presents puzzles that are often quite different from the classics of western literature. This book is the first collection of original puzzles by Tadao Kitazawa, a prominent Japanese puzzle-maker. These puzzles, which feature arithmetic, geometry, and combinatorics, are novel, creative, and require almost no formal mathematical knowledge. Kitazawa is particularly skillful in subtly modifying existing ideas to explore their potential to the full. For one example, a Tower Square is a Sudoku-like grid, but each row and column contains one 1, two 2s, three 3s, etc. The resulting transformation of the familiar problem is magical, and it is one of a variety of gems in this book. The common denominator is fun!

Readership

Undergraduate and graduate students and researchers interested in recreational math.

  • Chapters
  • General arithmetic
  • Digits and numbers
  • Magic configurations
  • Latin squares
  • Tower squares
  • General geometry
  • Symmetry
  • Constructions and dissections
  • Patterns and configurations
  • Prefabricated models
  • Polyominoes
  • Matchsticks
  • Paper cutting and folding
  • General combinatorics
  • Algorithms
  • Training camp for rooks
  • Energetic but timid rookies
  • Intergalactic rook convention
  • Knight school
  • Knights at peace and war
Review Copy – for publishers of book reviews
Accessibility – to request an alternate format of an AMS title
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