Dazzling Mazes: 50 Inventive Puzzles with Solutions
Famous German artist and designer offers a fabulous collection of convoluted constructions designed to dazzle the most practiced puzzlist. Includes op art effects, Escher-like illusions, various architectural fabrications, three-dimensional constructs accompanied by solutions for the frustrated beginner and the baffled connoisseur. 50 mazes (49 solutions). Contents. Captions
Second Order Differential Equations: Special Functions and Their Classification
Second Order Differential Equations presents a classical piece of theory concerning hypergeometric special functions as solutions of second-order linear differential equations. The theory is presented in an entirely self-contained way, starting with an introduction of the solution of the second-order differential equations and then focuses on the systematic treatment and classification of these solutions.
Challenging story teasers for the jaded. More difficult algebraically than typical puzzles, and ideal for confirmed puzzle fanatic, but appendices help less experienced. Step-by-step solutions to all 100 puzzles. Also 40 new alphametics—solvable by simple arithmetic and logical reasoning—with answers, and two sample solutions.
THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND SELF-TEACHING TEXT OFFERS: * Questions at the end of each chapter and section to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses * A 100-question final exam for self-assessment * Detailed examples and solutions
