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13 Archival description results for Mathematical recreations
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- CA ACU SPC C0017
- Collection
- 1977-1988
Collection consists of typescript and holograph manuscripts of mathematical calculations, proofs, notes, diagrams and diary entries; and coloured slides of tiling diagrams of geometric shapes in various combinations and sequences. Mathematical subjects include hexagonal tiling and prime numbers. Titles on binders containing manuscripts include Tile, Twinlock, N-rep presentations, Hex, Penrose pair, N roots, Re-ordering of O-branch sets and Pythagorean (Hex) numbers play.
Ness, Alan R.
- CA ACU SPC F0157
- Fonds
- 1894-1986
Fonds consists of correspondence; research material on a broad range of mathematical topics; manuscripts of mathematical articles, notes, calculations and solutions to mathematical problems; and published work.
Trigg, Charles W.
Clayton W. Dodge collection relating to Leon Bankoff.
- CA ACU SPC C0019
- Collection
- 1940-2008
Fonds consists of Leon Bankoff's collection of material relating to a geometric figure, the 'arbelos'. Includes correspondence, primarily with other mathematicians including Clayton W. Dodge, Howard Eves, Leo Sauvé, and Charles W. Trigg; manuscripts including notebooks; published works; works by others; and material by and about M. Victor Thébault.
Dodge, Clayton W.
- CA ACU SPC F0156
- Fonds
- 19--?-1988
Fonds consists of correspondence between C.M. Jones and Richard Guy and solutions to problems in number theory.
Jones, C. M.
- CA ACU SPC F0193
- Fonds
Fonds consists of correspondence with internationally renowned mathematicians; manuscripts of articles and papers; research, teaching and conference materials; newspaper clippings; notebooks; pamphlets; published works; awards; an unpublished manuscript written with Dutch mathematician Nicholaas G. de Bruijn entitled Pattern enumeration; and papers and articles by others.
Klarner, David A.
- CA ACU SPC F0196
- Fonds
- [19--]-1986
Fonds consists of miscellaneous archival material including: newspaper clippings of puzzles and other items relating to recreational mathematics, mainly in Dutch (Acc 2080); Martin Gardner's Mathematical games column from Scientific American, December 1956-September 1974 (Acc 2120); various supplementary catalogues and mailings from Mathematisch Centrum, 1949-1964 (Acc 2123); a partial descriptive catalogue of the Eugene Strens Recreational Mathematics book collection on 4x6 cards and miscellaneous items removed from the books and journals in the collection (Acc 2188-2189); and an album of photographs and text from the Eugène Strens Memorial Conference on Intuitive and Recreational Mathematics and Its History, July 27 - August 2, 1986, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Acc 2774).
Strens, Eugène
- CA ACU SPC F0158
- Fonds
- 1960-1986
Fonds consists of correspondence between H.L. Nelson and various persons relating to puzzles and games and to Journal of Recreational Mathematics during period when H.L. Nelson was editor of the journal.
Nelson, Harry L.
- CA ACU SPC F0160
- Fonds
- 1988-2007
Fonds consists of manuscripts and published works by J.R. Hendricks, a compact disk containing many of his publications, works about him and works by others.
Hendricks, John Robert
- CA ACU SPC F0159
- Fonds
- 1909-1997
Fonds consists of correspondence and related material such as notes, solutions, papers and reprints of various correspondents including Norman Anning, Donald Coxeter, Clayton W. Dodge, Paul Erdos, Martin Gardner, Victor Thébault, Charles W. Trigg and Leo Sauvé; research material on a broad range of mathematical topics; notebooks; manuscripts of mathematical articles and solutions and book reviews; published works; works about L. Bankoff; photographs; slides; and miscellaneous. Fonds also includes selected issues of many mathematics journals including American Mathematics Monthly and Mathematics Magazine.
Bankoff, Leon
Martin Gardner collection of bookplates.
- CA ACU SPC C0020
- Collection
- [19--]
Collection consists of bookplates of Eugène, Pascal, Willy, Carlos and Marina Strens, bookplate and business card of Bianca Strens Hatfield, and Ex Libris listing of Eugène Strens bookplates.
Gardner, Martin