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How to cut a cake, and other mathematical conundrums, Ian Stewart

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How to cut a cake, and other mathematical conundrums, Ian Stewart

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-221) and index

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illustrations

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

How to cut a cake

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bibliography

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Ian Stewart

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and other mathematical conundrums

Table Of Contents

Your half's bigger than my half! -- Repealing the law of averages -- Arithmetic and old lace -- Paradox lost -- Tight tins for round sardines -- The never-ending chess game -- Quods and quazars -- Zero knowledge protocols -- Empires on the moon -- Empires and electronics -- Resurrection shuffle-- Double bubble, toil and trouble -- Crossed lines in the brick factory -- Division without envy -- Furiously flashing fireflies -- Why phone cords get tangled -- Sierpinski's ubiquitous gasket -- Defend the Roman empire!-- Triangulation takeaway -- Easter is a quasicrystal

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