Table of contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Problem Solving
Chapter 3: The Missionaries and Cannibals Problem
Chapter 4: The 12 Coins Problem
Chapter 5: Cryptarithms
Chapter 6: The Red Donkey Puzzle
Chapter 7: The 15 Puzzle
Chapter 8: The Knight’s Tour Problem
Chapter 9: Mastermind
Chapter 10: The Monty Hall Problem
Chapter 11: Rubik’s Cube
Chapter 12: The Prisoner’s Dilemma
Chapter 13: Sudoku
Chapter 14: Map Coloring and the Chromatic Number
Chapter 15: Cryptography
Chapter 16: Random Walks on Graphs and Monte Carlo Methods
Chapter 17: Miscellaneous Problems
Chapter 18: Conclusion: Toward a Theory for Problem Solving
On the Companion Disc
Index
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