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In Polya's footsteps: Miscellaneous problems and essays

By Ross Honsberger

Book information

Publisher
The Mathematical Association of America
Year
1997
ISBN
0883853264, 9780883853269
LCC
QA43 .H633 1997
Open Library ID
OL708082M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2155363 bytes)
Series
MAA
Pages
329\329
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
400
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

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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