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Author Watkins, John J., author.

Title Across the board : the mathematics of chessboard problems / John J. Watkins
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 257 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Knight's Tours; Chapter Three: The Knight's Tour Problem; Chapter Four: Magic Squares; Chapter Five: The Torus and the Cylinder; Chapter Six: The Klein Bottle and Other Variations; Chapter Seven: Domination; Chapter Eight: Queens Domination; Chapter Nine: Domination on Other Surfaces; Chapter Ten: Independence; Chapter Eleven: Other Surfaces, Other Variations; Chapter Twelve: Eulerian Squares; Chapter Thirteen: Polyominoes; References; Index
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index
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Subject Mathematical recreations.
Chess.
chess.
GAMES -- Sudoku.
MATHEMATICS -- Recreations & Games.
MATHEMATICS -- Applied.
Chess
Mathematical recreations
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003062308
ISBN 9781400840922
1400840929