Single digits : in praise of small numbers /

The numbers one through nine have remarkable mathematical properties and characteristics. For instance, why do eight perfect card shuffles leave a standard deck of cards unchanged? Are there really "six degrees of separation" between all pairs of people? And how can any map need only four...

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Main Author: Chamberland, Marc, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
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