Tracking The Automatic Ant: And Other Mathematical Explorations
by David Gale /
1998 / English / PDF
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For those fascinated by the abstract universe of mathematics, David
Gale's columns in
For those fascinated by the abstract universe of mathematics, David
Gale's columns inThe Mathematical
The MathematicalIntelligencer
Intelligencer have
been a prime source of entertainment. Here Gale's columns are
collected for the first time in book form. Encouraged by the
magazine's editor, Sheldon Axler, to write on whatever pleased him,
Gale ranged far and wide across the field of mathematics but
frequently returned to favorite themes: triangles, tilings, the
mysterious properties of sequences given by simple recursions,
games and paradoxes, and the particular automaton that gives this
collection its title, the "automatic ant". The level is suitable
for those with some familiarity with mathematical ideas, but great
sophistication is not needed.
have
been a prime source of entertainment. Here Gale's columns are
collected for the first time in book form. Encouraged by the
magazine's editor, Sheldon Axler, to write on whatever pleased him,
Gale ranged far and wide across the field of mathematics but
frequently returned to favorite themes: triangles, tilings, the
mysterious properties of sequences given by simple recursions,
games and paradoxes, and the particular automaton that gives this
collection its title, the "automatic ant". The level is suitable
for those with some familiarity with mathematical ideas, but great
sophistication is not needed.
