Abstract
BY the premature death of Édouard Lucas the world lost at once a wit, a scholar, and an original mathematician. This somewhat rare combination of qualities is evident in all his work, and especially in the inimitable “Récréations Mathématiques,” which, to those who are able to appreciate it, will always be one of the most entertaining of books. The interest of the problems themselves, the lucidity with which they are discussed, and the brilliant appropriateness of the author's dedications and mottoes, combine to invest the work with a charm peculiarly its own.
L'Arithmétique Amusante.
Par Édouard Lucas. Pp. i.–viii. 1–266. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1895.)
Traité d'Aritmétique.
Par C.-A. Laisant E. Lemoine. Pp. i.–viii. 1–174. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars et Fils, 1895.)
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M., G. L'Arithmétique Amusante Traité d'Aritmétique. Nature 53, 1–3 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/053001a0
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