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Author:

Watkins, John J.

Title:

Across the board : the mathematics of chessboard problems / John J. Watkins.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

x, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mathematical recreations.
Chess.
Jeux mathématiques.
Échecs (Jeu)
Recreatieve wiskunde.
Puzzels.
Schaken.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-249) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Knight's Tours -- The Knight's Tour Problem -- Magic Squares -- The Torus and the Cylinder -- The Klein Bottle and Other Variations -- Domination -- Queens Domination -- Domination on Other Surfaces -- Independence -- Other Surfaces, Other Variations -- Eulerian Squares -- Polyominoes.

ISBN:

9780691115030 (acid-free paper)
0691115036 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2003062308

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)