Across the board : the mathematics of chessboard problems /

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Author / Creator:Watkins, John J., author.
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2004.
Description:1 online resource (x, 257 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:Mathematical recreations.
Chess.
GAMES -- Sudoku.
MATHEMATICS -- Recreations & Games.
MATHEMATICS -- Applied.
Chess.
Mathematical recreations.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11119253
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ISBN:9781400840922
1400840929
0691115036
0691130620
9780691130620
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Across the Board is the definitive work on chessboard problems. It is not simply about chess but the chessboard itself--that simple grid of squares so common to games around the world. And, more importantly, the fascinating mathematics behind it. From the Knight's Tour Problem and Queens Domination to their many variations, John Watkins surveys all the well-known problems in this surprisingly fertile area of recreational mathematics. Can a knight follow a path that covers every square once, ending on the starting square? How many queens are needed so that every square is targeted or.
Other form:Print version: Watkins, John J. Across the board. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2004 0691115036