MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAmerican Mathematical Society
ISBN-100883853302
ISBN-139780883853306
eBay Product ID (ePID)1909687
Product Key Features
Number of Pages319 Pages
Publication NameMathematical Chestnuts from Around the World
LanguageEnglish
SubjectStudy & Teaching, General
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorRoss Honsberger
Subject AreaMathematics
SeriesDolciani Mathematical Expositions Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN00-108053
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume Number24
Volume NumberVol. 24
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal510
Table Of Content1. Problems from Ireland; 2. Three solutions to an old chestnut; 3. Problems from Eotvos-Kurschak competitions; 4. Polish math olympiads; 5. East German olympiads; 6. Problems from Pi Mu Epsilon Journal; 7. Austrian-Polish math olympiads; 8. Problems from Quantum; 9. Bulgarian problems for 11-14 year olds; 10. Cusumano's challenge; 11. Five easy problems from Leningrad; 12. An arithmetic puzzle; 13. Gleanings from the Mathematical Gazette; 14. Problems from the Putnam contest; 15. A second look at a problem from Romania; 16. 32 miscellaneous problems; 17. Two problems in combinatorics; 18. An unused problem from the 1988 International Olympiad; 19. Four problems from the 1995 International Olympiad; 20. Two geometry problems; 21. An unlikely perfect square; 22. The nine-point circle and Coolidge's theorem, the De Longchamps point of a triangle, Cantor's theorem, and Napoleon's theorem; 23. A problem from the Philippines; 24. Four solutions by George Evagelopoulos; 25. A Canadian problem; 26. A function of exponential order; Solutions.
SynopsisRoss Honsberger has compiled another collection of miscellaneous gems from elementary mathematics, this time from sources the world over, and ranging from the latest International Olympiads all the way back to Euclid. Each one casts light on a striking result or a brilliant device and any reader with only a modest mathematical background will appreciate the ingenious solutions that are also presented.
LC Classification NumberQA43.H66 H667 2001
