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The perfect stocking stuffer for mathophiles -- math has never been merrier. How do you apply game theory to select who should be on your Christmas shopping list What equations should you use to decorate the Christmas tree Will calculations show Santa is getting steadily thinner -- shimmying up and down chimneys for a whole night -- or fatter -- as he munches on cookies and milk in billions of houses across the worldIn The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus, distinguished mathematicians Hannah Fry and Thomas Olron Evans demonstrate, with eminently readable clarity, how applied mathematics are so thoroughly interwoven throughout our everyday lives by explaining mathematical concepts through one very merry motif: Christmas.In their quest to provide mathematical proof for the existence of Santa, the authors take readers on a festive journey through a traditional holiday season, wherein every activity, from wrapping presents to playing board games to cooking the perfect turkey, is painstakingly and hilariously analyzed.