New Mathematical Pastimes
Published on 30. July 2021
347 pages
978-1-85811-832-1 (ISBN)
Description
MacMahon set out to demonstrate the principles by which an interested reader, with some work and thought, could create his or her own amusements. It also contained a completely original approach to visual puzzles, where edge matching could be forced by altering the profiles of the edges. The results of these transformations are remarkably similar to work produced by Maurits Escher, and predate him by a decade and a half. As well as being important as a resource the subject is by no means exhausted. The ebook contains both the original mono edition and a colorised version, with Nets, MacMahon's Patents and other Papers. The ebook runs to over twice the extent of the paper volume.
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Percy MacMahon | Paul Garcia
New Mathematical Pastimes
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09/2004
Tarquin Publications
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Introduction
- MacMahon - Biography and Works
- References
- New Mathematical Pastimes - Original Mono Version
- Preface
- Contents
- Pastimes based upon Simple Geometric Forms
- Dominoes
- Equilateral Triangle Pastimes
- Square Pastimes
- Right Angle Triangle Pastimes
- The Cube Pastime
- Pastimes based upon the Regular Hexagon
- Part II - The Transformation of Part I
- Part III - The Design of 'Repeating Patterns' for Decorative Work
- The Triangle Base
- The Square Base
- Symmetry of Pattern
- The Pentagon Base
- The Regular Hexagon Base
- The Construction of the Pastimes
- Bibliography
- The Tarquin Colourised Version
- Title
- Preface
- Contents
- Pastimes based upon Simple Geometric Forms
- Dominoes
- Equilateral Triangle Pastimes
- Square Pastimes
- Right Angle Triangle Pastimes
- The Cube Pastime
- Pastimes based on the Regular Hexagon
- Part II - The Transformation of Part I
- Part III - The Design of 'Repeating Patterns' for Decorative Work
- The Triangle Base
- The Square Base
- Symmetry of Pattern
- The Pentagon Base
- The Regular Hexagon Base
- The Construction of the Pastimes
- Bibliography
- Cube Nets
- MacMahon Hexagon Nets
- MacMahon Square Nets
- MacMahon Triangle Nets
- Papers - On Cubes Constructed with Coloured Squares MacMahon 1893
- On Play "à outrance" MacMahon 1889
- The Theory of Closed Repeating Polygons in Euclidean Space of Two Dimensions - MacMahon 1922
- MacMahon's Patents
