The Delicate Art of Brute Force, 9780691267463
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Unsolvable math problems? Unleash your computer’s power with clever brute force.
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The Delicate Art of Brute Force

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  • Hardcover

    232 pages

  • Release Date

    23 June 2026

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Summary

The Delicate Art of Brute Force: Conquering Complexity with Computation

Using everyday computational power to tackle complex—and seemingly unsolvable—math problems

Confronted by a math problem of seemingly impenetrable difficulty, what can you do? In The Delicate Art of Brute Force, Paul Nahin shows how even if you can’t solve such a problem, you can still get an answer. The computational power of your own computer—the desktop in your home office, t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780691267463
ISBN-10:0691267464
Author:Paul J. Nahin
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:232
Release Date:23 June 2026
Weight:0g
Dimensions:216mm x 140mm
About The Author

Paul J. Nahin

Paul J. Nahin is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire, where he taught for thirty years. He is the author of many popular books on math and computers, including Digital Dice, Number-Crunching, and The Mathematical Radio (all Princeton).

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