单词 | recreational mathematics |
释义 | > as lemmasrecreational mathematics recreational mathematics n. mathematics studied or indulged in for pleasure or amusement, esp. involving mathematical puzzles and games, the mathematical principles underlying certain phenomena, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [noun] > studied for pleasure recreational mathematics1926 1926 Amer. Math. Monthly 33 (advt.) This book [is] particularly well adapted to recreational mathematics for the high school student. 1973 Sci. Amer. Sept. 176/1 It would..be hard to imagine two problems in combinatorial point-set geometry more remote from foreseeable practical applications unless one thinks of recreational mathematics (with its two virtues: amusement and instruction) as a branch of applied mathematics. 2000 Sci. Amer. Jan. 81/1 Similar impossibility theorems can be found in another popular area of recreational mathematics: the construction of geometric figures. < as lemmas |
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