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Adventures in Group Theory: Rubik's Cube, Merlin's Machine, and Other Mathematical Toys

Adventures in Group Theory: Rubik's Cube, Merlin's Machine, and Other Mathematical Toys

Joyner, David

Paperback

AlgebraGeneral Mathematics

ISBN10: 0801890136
ISBN13: 9780801890130
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Published: Dec 1 2008
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.28 Depth: 8.98
Language: English

This updated and revised edition of David Joyner's entertaining hands-on tour of group theory and abstract algebra brings life, levity, and practicality to the topics through mathematical toys.

Joyner uses permutation puzzles such as the Rubik's Cube and its variants, the 15 puzzle, the Rainbow Masterball, Merlin's Machine, the Pyraminx, and the Skewb to explain the basics of introductory algebra and group theory. Subjects covered include the Cayley graphs, symmetries, isomorphisms, wreath products, free groups, and finite fields of group theory, as well as algebraic matrices, combinatorics, and permutations.

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