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03030aam a2200445 i 4500 001 0CC37FD6C87711EDB34712E023ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230322010036 008 200202s2020 maua b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2019044358 020 $a 0262542757 020 $a 9780262542753 020 $a 0262044080 020 $a 9780262044080 035 $a (OCoLC)1140694645 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d KZF $d YDX $d S1C $d BDX $d UKMGB $d ORX $d WC4 $d BKL $d ANO $d OCLCO $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QA95 $b .D48 2020 082 00 $a 793.74 $2 23 100 1 $a Devadoss, Satyan L., $d 1973- $e author. 245 10 $a Mage Merlin's unsolved mathematical mysteries / $c Satyan Linus Devadoss, Matthew Harvey. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b The MIT Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xiii, 101 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 00 $t Lady of the lake. $t Great hall window -- $t Blessed birthday banquet -- $t Tinkering toy trouble -- $t Glorious gift wrappings -- $t Perfect cake combinations -- $t Round table tiles -- $t Lancelot's labyrinth labor -- $t Stonehenge tapestries -- $t Mystic mountain madness -- $t Camelot carnival celebration -- $t Row boat distribution -- $t Holy grail vault -- $t Starstone shattering -- $t Knights square formation -- $t Thirty-three tree tomb -- $t Lady of the lake. 520 $a "This is a graphically bold, story-driven book, accessible to readers with a middle-school math background, that engagingly introduces readers to 16 unsolved mathematical puzzles. There are two main (fictional) characters in the book: "Mage" Maryam (named in honor of the late Maryam Mirzakhani, the only woman Fields Medalist), a young female mathematician who discovers that she is a descendant of the other main character, Merlin (of the Arthurian fables). Before she dies, Maryam's grandmother hands her Merlin's lost math journal containing problems he was summoned by Camelot to solve but failed to do so. Maryam briefly introduces the 16 entries from Merlin's journal (and the corresponding math topic), then Merlin describes the problem (accompanied by beautiful illustrations), then Maryam follows up with a deeper explanation of the math, the history of the puzzle, and how close mathematicians have come to solving it"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Mathematical recreations. 650 0 $a Mathematics $v Problems, exercises, etc. 650 6 $a Jeux mathématiques. 650 7 $a Mathematical recreations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01012120 650 7 $a Mathematics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01012163 655 7 $a Puzzles and games. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919958 655 7 $a Problems and exercises. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423783 655 7 $a Puzzles and games. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Harvey, Matthew, $d 1974- $e author. 941 $a 2 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718100158.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20230322013416.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0CC37FD6C87711EDB34712E023ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search