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Miles of Tiles (Student Mathematical Library, Vol. 1) (Student Mathematical Library, V. 1)
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for Miles of Tiles (Student Mathematical Library, Vol. 1) (Student Mathematical Library, V. 1)
Paperback. Tries to display the value (and joy!) of starting from a mathematically amorphous problem and combining ideas from diverse sources to produce new and significant mathematics - mathematics unforeseen from the motivating problem. This book focuses on aperiodic tilings; the best-known example is the 'kite and dart' tiling. Series: Student Mathematical Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations, references, index. BIC Classification: PBCD; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
'In this book, we try to display the value (and joy!) of starting from a mathematically amorphous problem and combining ideas from diverse sources to produce new and significant mathematics - mathematics unforeseen from the motivating problem...' - from the Preface. The common thread throughout this book is aperiodic tilings; the best-known example is the 'kite and dart' tiling. This...
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Amer Mathematical Society
Condition
New
Series
Student Mathematical Library
Place of Publication
Providence, United States
ISBN
9780821819333
SKU
V9780821819333
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
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