The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad and Further Explorations: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics - Couverture souple

Soifer, Alexander

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0387754717 ISBN 13 : 9780387754710

Editeur : Springer, 2011

Synopsis

Over the past two decades, the once small local Colorado Springs Mathematics Olympiad, founded by the author himself, has now become an annual state-wide competition, hosting over one-thousand high school contenders each year.

This updated printing of the first edition of Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: the First Twenty Years and Further Explorations offers an interesting history of the competition as well as an outline of all the problems and solutions that have been a part of the contest over the years. Many of the essay problems were inspired by Russian mathematical folklore and written to suit the young audience; for example, the 1989 Sugar problem was written as a pleasant Lewis Carroll-like story. Some other entertaining problems involve old Victorian map colorings, King Arthur and the knights of the round table, rooks in space, Santa Claus and his elves painting planes, football for 23, and even the Colorado Springs subway system.

The book is more than just problems, their solutions, and event statistics; it tells a compelling story involving the lives of those who have been part of the Olympiad from every perspective.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alexander Soifer has published around 100 articles and four other books entitled, Mathematics as Problem-Solving, 2/e How Does one Cut a Triangle? 2/e Mathematical Coloring Book, and Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics. The 2nd ed. of Mathematical Coloring Book (forthcoming with Spenser). We are publishing 2nd ed. of the other three books. Soifer is renowned for creating significant problems and conjectures, and this book could be helpful to others thinking about organizing an olympiad. Soifer is at Princeton and Colorado. Author confirms sales of 3000 copies of all three books listed above, (excluding Mathematical Coloring Book) all self-sold by author. These three books are out of stock.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0387754717
• ISBN 13: 9780387754710
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 448
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