Explorations in Mathematics

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Universities Press, 2002 - Mathematical recreations - 240 pages
 

Contents

The making of a millionaire
23
5
29
9
36
Pythagorean Triplets
48
5
55
Multiplication of Very Large Numbers
66
Further work on prime numbers
73
59
75
Generation of Pythagorean triplets by trial
134
Number Systems
142
Cheque Writer
155
The 3X + 1 Sequence
161
Diophantine Equations
168
49
178
The Name of the Game is LIFE
181
Magic Squares
197

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86
Perpetual Calendar and Biorhythms
93
Construction of Tables of Logarithms
111
Prime Numbers
118
Appendices
123
A Selected Bibliography
211
5
215
Index
217
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