Algorithmic problem solving

Novel approach to the mathematics of problem solving, in particular how to do logical calculations. Many of the problems are well-known from (mathematical) puzzle books. The solution method in the book is new and more relevant to the true nature of problem solving in the modern IT-dominated world

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Backhouse, Roland C. , 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley , 2011
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Invariants
  • 2. Crossing a river
  • 3. Games
  • 4. Knights and knaves
  • 5. Induction
  • 6. Fake-coin detection
  • 7. The tower of Hanoi
  • 8. Principles of algorithm design
  • 9. The bridge problem
  • 10. Knight's circuit
  • 11. The language of mathematics
  • 12. Boolean algebra
  • 13. Quantifiers
  • 14. Elements of number theory
  • 15. Relations, graphs and path algebras