Books with title Mathematical recreations

The following pages contain an account of certain mathematical recreations, problems, and speculations of past and present times. I hasten to add that the conclusions are of no practical use, and most of the results are not new. If therefore the reader proceeds further he is at least forewarned.At the same time I think I may assert that many of the diversions—particularly those in the latter half of the book—are interesting, not a few are associated with the names of distinguished mathematicians, while hitherto several of the memoirs quoted have not been easily accessible to English readers.

The following pages contain an account of certain mathematical recreations, problems, and speculations of past and present times. I hasten to add that the conclusions are of no practical use, and most of the results are not new. If therefore the reader proceeds further he is at least forewarned.At the same time I think I may assert that many of the diversions—particularly those in the latter half of the book—are interesting, not a few are associated with the names of distinguished mathematicians, while hitherto several of the memoirs quoted have not been easily accessible to English readers.

The following pages contain an account of certain mathematicalrecreations, problems, and speculations of past and present times. Ihasten to add that the conclusions are of no practical use, and mostof the results are not new. If therefore the reader proceeds further heis at least forewarned.At the same time I think I may assert that many of the diversions—particularly those in the latter half of the book—are interesting, nota few are associated with the names of distinguished mathematicians,while hitherto several of the memoirs quoted have not been easily accessibleto English readers.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections <br /> such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, <br /> or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, <br /> have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works <br /> worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. <br /> <br/><br/> <br /> ++++<br/> <br /> The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: <br /> <br/>++++ <br /> <br/><br/>&lt;title&gt; Mathematical Recreations And Essays<br/><br/>&lt;edition&gt; 9<br/><br/>&lt;author&gt; Walter William Rouse Ball<br/><br/>&lt;publisher&gt; Macmillan, 1920<br/><br/>&lt;subjects&gt; Mathematics; Recreations &amp; Games; Astrology; Geometry; Magic squares; Mathematical recreations; Mathematics / Recreations &amp; Games; Matter; Space and time

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