Fun problems in geometry and beyond

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2019.097MaRDI QIDQ2297927zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Boris Khesin, S. Tabachnikov

Publication date 20 February 2020

Published in SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.05740

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zbMATH Keywords

differential geometryrecreational mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Recreational mathematics (00A08) Popularization of mathematics (00A09) Projective analytic geometry (51N15) Convex sets in (2) dimensions (including convex curves) (52A10) Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05)

Abstract: We discuss fun problems, vaguely related to notions and theorems of a course in differential geometry. This paper can be regarded as a weekend "treasure chest" supplementing the course weekday lecture notes. The problems and solutions are not original, while their relation to the course might be so.

Review text

This article contains a list of nineteen excellent recreational math problems, mostly for serious mathematicians. A common thread is the use of unusual (one might say perverse) methods of solution, often from differential geometry. An example that captures the spirit of the article: ``Explain parallel parking with the help of the Frobenius theorem. Well worth reading!

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