Mathematical Explorations
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Part of AIMS Library of Mathematical Sciences
- Author: Alan F. Beardon, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: October 2016
- availability: In stock
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781316610565
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Mathematical Explorations follows on from the author's previous book, Creative Mathematics, in the same series, and gives the reader experience in working on problems requiring a little more mathematical maturity. The author's main aim is to show that problems are often solved by using mathematics that is not obviously connected to the problem, and readers are encouraged to consider as wide a variety of mathematical ideas as possible. In each case, the emphasis is placed on the important underlying ideas rather than on the solutions for their own sake. To enhance understanding of how mathematical research is conducted, each problem has been chosen not for its mathematical importance, but because it provides a good illustration of how arguments can be developed. While the reader does not require a deep mathematical background to tackle these problems, they will find their mathematical understanding is enriched by attempting to solve them.
Read more- Helps the reader learn how to conduct mathematical research
- Provides theorems which encourage the reader to ask more questions and discover the real nature of research
- No deep mathematical background is required to understand the problems in this book
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'The broad array of mathematics that is covered in this text might provide a thought-provoking summary of topics and give students an opportunity to expand their horizons.' Mark Hunacek, MAA Reviews
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- Date Published: October 2016
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781316610565
- length: 126 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 138 x 7 mm
- weight: 0.17kg
- contains: 20 b/w illus. 120 exercises
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Preface
How to use this book
1. Paying for parking
2. Lengths and angles
3. Magic squares
4. Intersecting chords
5. Crossing squares
6. Repeated vector products
7. A rolling disc
8. Sums of powers of digits
9. The metric dimension
10. Primes and irreducible elements
11. The symmetries of a quadrilateral
12. Removing a vertex
13. Squares within squares
14. Catalan numbers
References
Index.
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