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This is a book about a gambling system that works. The author tells the story of how he used computer simulations and mathematical modeling techniques to predict the outcome of jai-alai matches and bet on them successfully - increasing his initial stake by over 500% in one year!

In this topology text, the reader will learn about knot theory, 3-dimensional manifolds, and the topology of embedded graphs, and the role these play in understanding molecular structures. All the relevant background is provided. For advanced undergraduate mathematics students, and researchers in chemistry and biology.

Learn why it is impossible to devise a reasonable voting system in which voters can never gain by submitting a disingenuous ballot. Using minimal prerequisites, in this 2005 book Alan Taylor presents economic, philosophic, and mathematical results from the last quarter of the twentieth century, with many new proofs.