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Adventures in Group Theory David Joyner

Adventures in Group Theory By David Joyner

Adventures in Group Theory by David Joyner


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Group theory deals with symmetry, in the most abstract form possible, is a core part of undergraduate maths curricula and forms part of the training of theoretical physicists and chemical crystallographers. The author uses mathematical toys to breathe life into this usually dry subject.

Adventures in Group Theory Summary

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

Group theory deals with symmetry, in the most abstract form possible. It is a core part of the undergraduate math curriculum, and forms part of the training of theoretical physicists and chemical crystallographers. In this book, David Joyner uses mathematical toys (primarily the Rubik's Cube and its more modern cousins, the Megaminx, the Pyraminx, and so on) as well as other mathematical examples (for example, bell-ringing) to breathe new life into a time-honoured, and usually dry, subject. Why, asks the author, should two such different topics, mechanical puzzles and abstract group theory, be related? This book takes the reader on an intellectual trip to answer this curiosity. The book should not only appeal to maths enthusiasts and interested general readers but should also find use in the classroom as a supplementary text in any abstract algebra or group theory course.

About David Joyner

David Joyner is a professor of mathematics at the U.S. Naval Academy. He is coauthor of Linear Algebra with Applications and editor of Coding Theory and Cryptography: From Enigma and Geheimschreiber to Quantum Theory.

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GOR004689661
9780801869471
0801869471
Adventures in Group Theory: Rubik's Cube, Merlin's Machine and Other Mathematical Toys by David Joyner
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Johns Hopkins University Press
20020606
264
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