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Arithmetical, Geometrical and Combinatorial Puzzles from Japan

Edited by: Andy Liu Edmonton, Canada
George Sicherman Red Bank, NJ
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
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AMS Member Price: $39.38 Click above image for expanded view Arithmetical, Geometrical and Combinatorial Puzzles from Japan Tadao Kitazawa Nagano, Japan Edited by: Andy Liu Edmonton, Canada George Sicherman Red Bank, NJ MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society Available Formats:  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
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• 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!

• 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

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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!

• 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
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