Explorations in the history of mathematical recreations: an introduction

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2014.07.002MaRDI QIDQ465154zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 31 October 2014

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2014.07.002

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Recreational mathematics (00A08) Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest (00B15) Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc. pertaining to history and biography (01-06) General histories, source books (01A05)

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