Welcome to The Mathematical Playground, a book celebrating more than thirty years of the problems column in the MAA undergraduate magazine, Math Horizons. Anecdotes, interviews, and historical sketches accompany the puzzles, conveying the vibrancy o...Loe edasi...
The second part of a Russian book on teaching mathematics through problems appears in English translation, focuses on geometry. It is a resource for Mathematical Circles, an eastern European concept that is similar to Western math clubs, but are...Loe edasi...
Bicycle or Unicycle? is a collection of 105 mathematical puzzles whose defining characteristic is the surprise encountered in their solutions. Solvers will be surprised, even occasionally shocked, at those solutions. The problems unfold into levels o...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Aug-2020, Hardback, Kirjastus: American Mathematical Society, ISBN-13: 9781470456351)
This collection of problems is designed for high school and undergraduate students who participate in math competitions such as the International Math Olympiads and the Putnam Competition. The book is presented as a humorous conversation between...Loe edasi...
Writing for people already running a math circle or thinking of starting one, Givental, Nemirovskaya, and Zakharevich present material that parents can use to motivate their math-loving children, elementary school teachers can use with their stud...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Aug-2018, Hardback, Kirjastus: American Mathematical Society, ISBN-13: 9781470442460)
This textbook is meant for advanced calculus courses taken by majors in math and physical sciences who have completed a standard introductory calculus sequence. It focuses on conceptual development and proofs through exercises or problems, coveri...Loe edasi...
Burago presents a complete curriculum for the second year in a middle-school mathematics study circle, organizing it as a collection of lessons that include the material to be used in class, the set of problems to work on, and other features to m...Loe edasi...
The late Arnold, a Russian mathematician, offers lectures and problems in math aimed at younger students, from age five to high school. He discusses continued fractions; the geometry of complex numbers, quaternions, and spins; and Euler groups and th...Loe edasi...
This textbook is for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate course, says Levi, and it is not unreasonable to cover two to four of the eight chapters in one semester, so it can be used for more than one course. It covers one degree of freedom, m...Loe edasi...
Moscows Mathematical Festival is an annual competition attended by hundreds of middle school students since it began in 1990. Here are problems from the Festivals in 1990-2011 for students in sixth and seventh grades to try to solve, either for fun...Loe edasi...
Originating in Russia, mathematical circles are a teaching method designed to teach logical, analytical, reasoning, and mathematical abilities. Here, the technique is adapted for US students who have less preparation in math and less motivation. Auth...Loe edasi...
Math circles have existed for over a century at Russias Moscow State University, as a tool for promoting the sciences. Dorichenko presents a collection of materials used over a year in a math circle for eighth graders, organized by Moscow State Univ...Loe edasi...
Efthimiou (U. of Central Florida) presents material from a lecture series he delivered as part of training a math team. Students with backgrounds ranging from function theory to differentiability should be able to follow the book, particularly high s...Loe edasi...
A collection of original mathematics problems of varying degrees of difficulty from the Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, this book includes problem solving hints, answers, and a section of reference facts. The problems are not standard and require wit,...Loe edasi...
