Conversational Problem Solving
Seiten
2020
American Mathematical Society (Verlag)
978-1-4704-5635-1 (ISBN)
American Mathematical Society (Verlag)
978-1-4704-5635-1 (ISBN)
Presents a dialogue between a professor and eight students in a summer problem solving camp and allows for a conversational approach to the problems as well as some mathematical humour and a few non-mathematical digressions. The problems have been selected for their entertainment value, elegance, trickiness, and unexpectedness.
This book features mathematical problems and results that would be of interest to all mathematicians, but especially undergraduates (and even high school students) who participate in mathematical competitions such as the International Math Olympiads and Putnam Competition. The format is a dialogue between a professor and eight students in a summer problem solving camp and allows for a conversational approach to the problems as well as some mathematical humour and a few nonmathematical digressions.
The problems have been selected for their entertainment value, elegance, trickiness, and unexpectedness, and have a wide range of difficulty, from trivial to horrendous. They range over a wide variety of topics including combinatorics, algebra, probability, geometry, and set theory. Most of the problems have not appeared before in a problem or expository format. A Notes section at the end of the book gives historical information and references.
This book features mathematical problems and results that would be of interest to all mathematicians, but especially undergraduates (and even high school students) who participate in mathematical competitions such as the International Math Olympiads and Putnam Competition. The format is a dialogue between a professor and eight students in a summer problem solving camp and allows for a conversational approach to the problems as well as some mathematical humour and a few nonmathematical digressions.
The problems have been selected for their entertainment value, elegance, trickiness, and unexpectedness, and have a wide range of difficulty, from trivial to horrendous. They range over a wide variety of topics including combinatorics, algebra, probability, geometry, and set theory. Most of the problems have not appeared before in a problem or expository format. A Notes section at the end of the book gives historical information and references.
Richard P. Stanley, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
The first day
Polynomials Base
mathematics
A mysterious visitor
Set theory
Triangles
Independence day
Independence aftermath
Amanda
An aesthetical error
Miraculous cancellation
Probability theory
Geometry
Hodegepodge
Self-referential mathematics
All good things must come to an end
Bibliography
Index.
Erscheinungsdatum | 30.06.2020 |
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Verlagsort | Providence |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
Gewicht | 340 g |
Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Arithmetik / Zahlentheorie |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Graphentheorie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4704-5635-4 / 1470456354 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4704-5635-1 / 9781470456351 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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