Research Catalog

Title

Hinged dissections : swinging & twisting / Greg N. Frederickson.

Author

Frederickson, Greg N. (Greg Norman), 1947-

Publication

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Details

Description

xi, 287 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Geometric dissections

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-280) and index.

Contents

If it ain't got that swing: The curious case of the brass hinges -- Hinging on the details -- Tricks for turning -- Turnabout 1: Coloring a hinged model -- Making squares dance -- L'Affaire triangulaire -- Curious case, part 2: Five easy pieces? -- Return to polygonia -- Who's the squarest of the all? -- Turnabout 2: Bracing regular polygons -- Stepping around -- All in the family -- Curious case, part 3: Trouble with attributions -- Elation in tessellations -- Strips revealed -- Turnabout 3: Hinged tessellations -- With a little help from my friends -- At cross purposes -- Curious case, part 4: A dudeneyan slip? -- Handling the curves -- And also starring -- Turnabout 4: Hinge-convertible polyominoes -- Four of a kind -- As the whirled turns -- Curious case, part 5:A quorum of quibbles -- A new breed of swingers -- Not your regular polygons -- Turnabout 5: Piano-hinged polyhedra -- Into another dimension -- The flip side -- Curious case, part 6: Statistically piquing -- Twist and shout! -- Puzzles unhinged.

Call Number

JSE 02-1613

ISBN

• 0521811929
• 9780521811927
• 0521010780 (pb.)
• 9780521010788 (pb.)

LCCN

2001043450

OCLC

47805068

Author

Frederickson, Greg N. (Greg Norman), 1947-

Title

Hinged dissections : swinging & twisting / Greg N. Frederickson.

Imprint

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-280) and index.

Research Call Number

JSE 02-1613