Mathematical Diamonds

Mathematical Diamonds
Author: Ross Honsberger
Publsiher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2003-12-31
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9781470458423

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Ross Honsberger has done it again. He has brought together another wonderful collection of elementary mathematical problems and their solutions abounding in striking surprises and brilliant ideas that reflect the beauty of mathematics. Many of these problems come from mathematical journals. Others come from various mathematical competitions such as the Tournament of the Towns, the Balkan Olympiad, the American Invitational Mathematics Exam, and the Putnam exam. And, of course, there is a problem suggested by Paul Erdos. This book is ideal for students, teachers and anyone interested in recreational mathematics.

Mathematical Diamonds

Mathematical Diamonds
Author: Ross Honsberger
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2003-05-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0883853329

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Collection of elementary mathematical problems with solutions. Ideal for students, teachers and general readers.

Mathematical Card Magic

Mathematical Card Magic
Author: Colm Mulcahy
Publsiher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2013-09-04
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9781466509764

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Mathematical card effects offer both beginning and experienced magicians an opportunity to entertain with a minimum of props. Featuring mostly original creations, Mathematical Card Magic: Fifty-Two New Effects presents an entertaining look at new mathematically based card tricks. Each chapter contains four card effects, generally starting with simple applications of a particular mathematical principle and ending with more complex ones. Practice a handful of the introductory effects and, in no time, you’ll establish your reputation as a "mathemagician." Delve a little deeper into each chapter and the mathematics gets more interesting. The author explains the mathematics as needed in an easy-to-follow way. He also provides additional details, background, and suggestions for further explorations. Suitable for recreational math buffs and amateur card lovers or as a text in a first-year seminar, this color book offers a diverse collection of new mathemagic principles and effects.

Uncommon Mathematical Excursions Polynomia and Related Realms

Uncommon Mathematical Excursions  Polynomia and Related Realms
Author: Dan Kalman
Publsiher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2009-12-31
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780883853412

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Recipient of the Mathematical Association of America's Beckenbach Book Prize in 2012! This text serves as a tour guide to little known corners of the mathematical landscape, not far from the main byways of algebra, geometry, and calculus. It is for the seasoned mathematical traveller who has visited these subjects many times and, familiar with the main attractions, is ready to venture abroad off the beaten track. For the old hand and new devotee alike, this book will surprise, intrigue, and delight readers with unexpected aspects of old and familiar subjects. In the first part of the book all of the topics are related to polynomials: properties and applications of Horner form, reverse and palindromic polynomials and identities linking roots and coefficients, among others. Topics in the second part are all connected in some way with maxima and minima. In the final part calculus is the focus.

A Mathematical Space Odyssey

A Mathematical Space Odyssey
Author: Claudi Alsina,Roger B. Nelsen
Publsiher: The Mathematical Association of America
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2015-08-21
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780883853580

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Solid geometry is the traditional name for what we call today the geometry of three-dimensional Euclidean space. Courses in solid geometry have largely disappeared from American high schools and colleges. The authors are convinced that a mathematical exploration of three-dimensional geometry merits some attention in today’s curriculum. A Mathematical Space Odyssey: Solid Geometry in the 21st Century is devoted to presenting techniques for proving a variety of mathematical results in three-dimensional space, techniques that may improve one’s ability to think visually. Special attention is given to the classical icons of solid geometry (prisms, pyramids, platonic solids, cones, cylinders, and spheres) and many new and classical results: Cavalieri’s principle, Commandino’s theorem, de Gua’s theorem, Prince Rupert’s cube, the Menger sponge, the Schwarz lantern, Euler’s rotation theorem, the Loomis-Whitney inequality, Pythagorean theorems in three dimensions, etc. The authors devote a chapter to each of the following basic techniques for exploring space and proving theorems: enumeration, representation, dissection, plane sections, intersection, iteration, motion, projection, and folding and unfolding. In addition to many figures illustrating theorems and their proofs, a selection of photographs of three-dimensional works of art and architecture are included. Each chapter includes a selection of Challenges for the reader to explore further properties and applications. It concludes with solutions to all the Challenges in the book, references, and a complete index. Readers should be familiar with high school algebra, plane and analytic geometry, and trigonometry. While brief appearances of calculus do occur, no knowledge of calculus is necessary to enjoy this book.

Mathematical Delights

Mathematical Delights
Author: Ross Honsberger
Publsiher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2019-06-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781470451691

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Mathematical Delights is a collection of 90 short elementary gems from algebra, geometry, combinatorics, and number theory. Ross Honsberger presents us with some surprising results, brilliant ideas, and beautiful arguments in mathematics, written in his wonderfully lucid style. The book is a mathematical entertainment to be read at a leisurely pace. High school mathematics should equip the reader to handle the problems presented in the book. The topics are entirely independent and can be read in any order. A useful set of indices helps the reader locate topics in the text.

Writing Math Research Papers 4th Edition

Writing Math Research Papers   4th Edition
Author: Robert Gerver
Publsiher: IAP
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2014-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781623968656

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Mathematics research papers provide a forum for all mathematics enthusiasts to exercise their mathematical experience, expertise and excitement. The research paper process epitomizes the differentiation of instruction, as each student chooses their own topic and extends it as far as their desire takes them. The features and benefits of the research paper process offer a natural alignment with all eight Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice. Writing Math Research Papers serves both as a text for students and as a resource for instructors and administrators. This program received the 1997 Chevron Best Practices in Education Award as the premier high school mathematics course in the United States. This book is an excellent resource for students and teachers of the International Baccalaureate program.

Studying Mathematics

Studying Mathematics
Author: Marco Bramanti,Giancarlo Travaglini
Publsiher: Springer
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2018-07-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9783319913551

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This book is dedicated to preparing prospective college students for the study of mathematics. It can be used at the end of high school or during the first year of college, for personal study or for introductory courses. It aims to set a meeting between two relatives who rarely speak to each other: the Mathematics of Beauty, which shows up in some popular books and films, and the Mathematics of Toil, which is widely known. Toil can be overcome through an appropriate method of work. Beauty will be found in the achievement of a way of thinking. The first part concerns the mathematical language: the expressions “for all”, “there exists”, “implies”, “is false”, ...; what is a proof by contradiction; how to use indices, sums, induction. The second part tackles specific difficulties: to study a definition, to understand an idea and apply it, to fix a slightly wrong argument, to discuss suggestions, to explain a proof. The third part presents customary techniques and points of view in college mathematics. The reader can choose one of three difficulty levels (A, B, C).