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
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Chichester, West Sussex :
Wiley ,
2011
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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