02573nam 2200481 a 450 991082216600332120240416174209.00-8018-9726-2(CKB)2520000000007611(OCoLC)542384209(CaPaEBR)ebrary10363200(MiAaPQ)EBC3318460(Au-PeEL)EBL3318460(CaPaEBR)ebr10363200(OCoLC)923194433(EXLCZ)99252000000000761120080310d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAdventures in group theory Rubik's cube, Merlin's machine, and other mathematical toys /David Joyner2nd ed., Updated and rev. ed.Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20081 online resource (329 p.) 0-8018-9013-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-304) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Where to begin... -- Chapter 1 Elementary, my dear Watson -- Chapter 2 'And you do addition?' -- Chapter 3 Bell ringing and other permutations -- Chapter 4 A procession of permutation puzzles -- Chapter 5 What's commutative and purple? -- Chapter 6 Welcome to the machine -- Chapter 7 'God's algorithm' and graphs -- Chapter 8 Symmetry and the Platonic solids -- Chapter 9 The illegal cube group -- Chapter 10 Words which move -- Chapter 11 The (legal) Rubik's Cube group -- Chapter 12 Squares, two-faces, and other subgroups -- Chapter 13 Other Rubik-like puzzle groups -- Chapter 14 Crossing the Rubicon -- Chapter 15 Some solution strategies -- Chapter 16 Coda: Questions and other directions -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.Featuring strategies for solving the puzzles and computations illustrated using the SAGE open-source computer algebra system, the second edition of Adventures in Group Theory is perfect for mathematics enthusiasts and for use as a supplementary textbook.Group theoryMathematical recreationsGroup theory.Mathematical recreations.512/.2Joyner David1959-441785MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822166003321Adventures in group theory4017133UNINA