Puzzles and paradoxes and their (sometimes) profounder implications

DOI10.1007/S00283-010-9188-XMaRDI QIDQ536606zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David E. Rowe

Publication date 19 May 2011

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-010-9188-x

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Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70)

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