Mathematical Gems, Issue 2Mathematical Association of America, 1976 - Combinatorial analysis |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE 1 Three Surprises from Combinatorics and Number Theory | 1 |
Four Minor Gems from Geometry | 10 |
A Problem in CheckerJumping | 23 |
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