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    Soifer, A. The mathematical coloring book : mathematics of coloring and the colorful life of its creators / A. Soifer ; SpringerLink (Online service). - New York, NY : Springer, 2009. - on-line. - URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74642-5. - ISBN 978-0-387-74642-5. - Текст : электронный.

    ГРНТИ УДК
    27.01.0951(09)

    Кл.слова (ненормированные): ИСТОРИЯ -- МАТЕМАТИКА
    Аннотация: This is a unique type of book; at least, I have never encountered a book of this kind. The best description of it I can give is that it is a mystery novel, developing on three levels, and imbued with both educational and philosophical/moral issues. If this summary description does not help understanding the particular character and allure of the book, possibly a more detailed explanation will be found useful. One of the primary goals of the author is to interest readers—in particular, young mathematiciansorpossiblypre-mathematicians—inthefascinatingworldofelegant and easily understandable problems, for which no particular mathematical kno- edge is necessary, but which are very far from being easily solved. In fact, the prototype of such problems is the following: If each point of the plane is to be given a color, how many colors do we need if every two points at unit distance are to receive distinct colors? More than half a century ago it was established that the least number of colorsneeded for such a coloring is either 4, or 5, or 6 or 7. Well, which is it? Despite efforts by a legion of very bright people—many of whom developed whole branches of mathematics and solved problems that seemed much harder—not a single advance towards the answer has been made. This mystery, and scores of other similarly simple questions, form one level of mysteries explored. In doing this, the author presents a whole lot of attractive results in an engaging way, and with increasing level of depth.
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    SpringerLink (Online service)

    http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74642-5


    Держатели документа:
    Государственная публичная научно-техническая библиотека России : 123298, г. Москва, ул. 3-я Хорошевская, д. 17 (Шифр в БД-источнике (KATBW): 51(09)-156846)

    Шифр в сводном ЭК: 71200ea019cab7113baa1e5532b8d916



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