Wearing Gauss’s Jersey
"Now, were I a very young Ramanujan-want-to-be growing up in some corner of the world, what book-if the conditions of such a scenario limited my poor library to just one book-would be a wonderful treasure trove of problems for me on which to hone my skills? In essence, this is more or less the idea and purpose of Hathout's book if I understand him correctly. He presents the reader with statements of and solutions to 66 Gauss problems selected from discrete mathematics, combinatorics, elementary analysis, and geometry." -Andrew James Simoson, Mathematical Reviews, October 2013 " ... a vital addition to any mathematician's reference and teaching idea collection, highly recommended." -Midwest Book Review "The book is perhaps best enjoyed in small doses; while the mathematics is insightful and usually quite interesting, there is a lot to process. The payoff is well-worth the effort, even if that effort is expended over time; everyone will likely come away with some new "aha!" insights. -Mark Bollman, MAA Reviews
Wearing Gauss's Jersey focuses on "Gauss problems," problems that can be very tedious and time consuming when tackled in a traditional, straightforward way but if approached in a more insightful fashion, can yield the solution much more easily and elegantly. Les mer
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Each chapter starts with easy problems that demonstrate the simple insight/mathematical tools necessary to solve problems more efficiently. The text then uses these simple tools to solve more difficult problems, such as Olympiad-level problems, and develop more complex mathematical tools. The longest chapters investigate combinatorics as well as sequences and series, which are some of the most well-known Gauss problems. These topics would be very tedious to handle in a straightforward way but the book shows that there are easier ways of tackling them.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- A K Peters
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 276
- ISBN
- 9781466508644
- Utgivelsesår
- 2013
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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"Now, were I a very young Ramanujan-want-to-be growing up in some corner of the world, what book-if the conditions of such a scenario limited my poor library to just one book-would be a wonderful treasure trove of problems for me on which to hone my skills? In essence, this is more or less the idea and purpose of Hathout's book if I understand him correctly. He presents the reader with statements of and solutions to 66 Gauss problems selected from discrete mathematics, combinatorics, elementary analysis, and geometry." -Andrew James Simoson, Mathematical Reviews, October 2013 " ... a vital addition to any mathematician's reference and teaching idea collection, highly recommended." -Midwest Book Review "The book is perhaps best enjoyed in small doses; while the mathematics is insightful and usually quite interesting, there is a lot to process. The payoff is well-worth the effort, even if that effort is expended over time; everyone will likely come away with some new "aha!" insights. -Mark Bollman, MAA Reviews