In Polya's Footsteps: Miscellaneous Problems and Essays - Couverture souple

Honsberger, Ross

 
9780883853269: In Polya's Footsteps: Miscellaneous Problems and Essays
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0883853264 ISBN 13 : 9780883853269
Editeur : The Mathematical Association of America, 1997

Synopsis

Mathematics is often studied with an air of such seriousness that it doesn't always seem to be much fun. However, it is quite amazing how many surprising results and brilliant arguments one is in a position to enjoy with just a high school background. This is a book of miscellaneous delights, presented not in an attempt to instruct but as a harvest of rewards that are due to good high school students and, of course, those more advanced - their teachers and everyone in the university mathematics community. A half dozen essays are sprinkled among some hundred problems. Many subjects are represented - combinatorics, geometry, number theory, algebra, probability. The sections may be read in any order. The book concludes with twenty-five exercises and their detailed solutions. Something to delight will be found in every section - a surprising result, an intriguing approach, a stroke of ingenuity - and the leisurely pace and generous explanations make the book a pleasure to read.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Mathematics is often studied with an air of such seriousness that it doesn't always seem to be much fun. However, it is quite amazing how many surprising results and brilliant arguments one is in a position to enjoy with just a high school background. This is a book of miscellaneous delights, presented not in an attempt to instruct but as a harvest of rewards that are due to good high school students and, of course, those more advanced - their teachers and everyone in the university mathematics community. A half dozen essays are sprinkled among some hundred problems. Many subjects are represented - combinatorics, geometry, number theory, algebra, probability. The sections may be read in any order. The book concludes with twenty-five exercises and their detailed solutions. Something to delight will be found in every section - a surprising result, an intriguing approach, a stroke of ingenuity - and the leisurely pace and generous explanations make the book a pleasure to read.

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Éditeur
The Mathematical Association of America
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0883853264
ISBN 13 
9780883853269
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
325
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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