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Stewart, Ian, 1945-

How to cut a cake : and other mathematical conundrums / Ian Stewart. - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2006. - xi, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-221) and index.

Your half's bigger than my half! -- Repealing the law of averages -- Arithmetic and old lace -- Paradox lost -- Tight tins for round sardines -- The never-ending chess game -- Quods and quasars -- Zero knowledge protocols -- Empires on the moon -- Empires and electronics -- Resurrection shuffle-- Double bubble, toil and trouble -- Crossed lines in the brick factory -- Division without envy -- Furiously flashing fireflies -- Why phone cords get tangled -- Sierpinski's ubiquitous gasket -- Defend the roman empire!-- Triangulation takeaway -- Easter Is a quasicrystal

0199205906 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 9780199205905 (pbk. : acidfree paper) 9780199205905

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013507412 Uk


Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Activity programs.
Mathematical recreations.

QA20.G35 / S74 2006

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