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Author | : David F. Hayes |
Publisher | : MAA |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780883855485 |
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Carefully selected highlights of the Bay Area Math Adventures (BAMA), a lecture series for high school students.
Author | : David F. Hayes |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2020-08-03 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 1470457415 |
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Author | : Zvezdelina Stankova |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2015-02-03 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0821849123 |
Download A Decade of the Berkeley Math Circle Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Many mathematicians have been drawn to mathematics through their experience with math circles. The Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) started in 1998 as one of the very first math circles in the U.S. Over the last decade and a half, 100 instructors--university professors, business tycoons, high school teachers, and more--have shared their passion for mathematics by delivering over 800 BMC sessions on the UC Berkeley campus every week during the school year. This second volume of the book series is based on a dozen of these sessions, encompassing a variety of enticing and stimulating mathematical topics, some new and some continuing from Volume I: from dismantling Rubik's Cube and randomly putting it back together to solving it with the power of group theory;from raising knot-eating machines and letting Alexander the Great cut the Gordian Knot to breaking through knot theory via the Jones polynomial;from entering a seemingly hopeless infinite raffle to becoming friendly with multiplicative functions in the land of Dirichlet, Möbius, and Euler;from leading an army of jumping fleas in an old problem from the International Mathematical Olympiads to improving our own essay-writing strategies;from searching for optimal paths on a hot summer day to questioning whether Archimedes was on his way to discovering trigonometry 2000 years ago Do some of these scenarios sound bizarre, having never before been associated with mathematics? Mathematicians love having fun while doing serious mathematics and that love is what this book intends to share with the reader. Whether at a beginner, an intermediate, or an advanced level, anyone can find a place here to be provoked to think deeply and to be inspired to create. In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession. Titles in this series are co-published with the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI).
Author | : Steven G. Krantz |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2019-11-25 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 1470451727 |
Download Mathematical Apocrypha Redux: More Stories and Anecdotes of Mathematicians and the Mathematical Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A companion to Mathematical Apocrypha (published in 2002) this second volume of anecdotes, stories, quips, and ruminations about mathematics and mathematicians is sure to please. It differs from other books of its type in that many of the stories are from the twentieth century and many about currently living mathematicians. A number of the best stories come from the author's first-hand experience. The writing is lively, engaging, and informative. There are stories the reader may wish to share with students and colleagues, friends, and relatives. The purpose of the book is to explore and to celebrate the many facets of mathematical life. The stories reveal mathematicians as intense, human, and sympathetic. They should resonate with readers everywhere. This book will appeal to students from high school through graduate school, to faculty and mathematical scientists of all stripes, and also to physicists, engineer, and anyone interested in mathematics.
Author | : Edward J. Barbeau |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 1995-12-31 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 1614445079 |
Download Five Hundred Mathematical Challenges Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book contains 500 problems that range over a wide spectrum of areas of high school mathematics and levels of difficulty. Some are simple mathematical puzzlers while others are serious problems at the Olympiad level. Students of all levels of interest and ability will be entertained and taught by the book. For many problems, more than one solution is supplied so that students can see how different approaches can be taken to a problem and compare the elegance and efficiency of different tools that might be applied. Teachers at both the college and secondary levels will find the book useful, both for encouraging their students and for their own pleasure. Some of the problems can be used to provide a little spice in the regular curriculum by demonstrating the power of very basic techniques. This collection provides a solid base for students who wish to enter competitions at the Olympiad level. They can begin with easy problems and progress to more demanding ones. A special mathematical tool chest summarizes the results and techniques needed by competition-level students.
Author | : C. Edward Sandifer |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2020-07-14 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1470451808 |
Download The Early Mathematics of Leonhard Euler Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Early Mathematics of Leonhard Euler gives an article-by-article description of Leonhard Euler's early mathematical works; the 50 or so mathematical articles he wrote before he left St. Petersburg in 1741 to join the Academy of Frederick the Great in Berlin. These early pieces contain some of Euler's greatest work, the Konigsberg bridge problem, his solution to the Basel problem, and his first proof of the Euler-Fermat theorem. It also presents important results that we seldom realize are due to Euler; that mixed partial derivatives are (usually) equal, our f(x) f(x) notation, and the integrating factor in differential equations. The books shows how contributions in diverse fields are related, how number theory relates to series, which, in turn, relate to elliptic integrals and then to differential equations. There are dozens of such strands in this beautiful web of mathematics. At the same time, we see Euler grow in power and sophistication, from a young student when at 18 he published his first work on differential equations (a paper with a serious flaw) to the most celebrated mathematician and scientist of his time. It is a portrait of the world's most exciting mathematics between 1725 and 1741, rich in technical detail, woven with connections within Euler's work and with the work of other mathematicians in other times and places, laced with historical context.
Author | : Martin Erickson |
Publisher | : MAA |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2011-12-22 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0883855763 |
Download Beautiful Mathematics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Mathematical ideas with aesthetic appeal for any mathematically minded person.
Author | : George F. Simmons |
Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2020-03-17 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 147045128X |
Download Calculus Gems: Brief Lives and Memorable Mathematics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Calculus Gems, a collection of essays written about mathematicians and mathematics, is a spin-off of two appendices ("Biographical Notes" and "Variety of Additional Topics") found in Simmons' 1985 calculus book. With many additions and some minor adjustments, the material will now be available in a separate softcover volume. The text is suitable as a supplement for a calculus course and/or a history of mathematics course, The overall aim is bound up in the question, "What is mathematics for?" and in Simmons' answer, "To delight the mind and help us understand the world". The essays are independent of one another, allowing the instructor to pick and choose among them. Part A, "Brief Lives", is a biographical history of mathematics from earliest times (Thales, 625–547 BC) through the late 19th century (Weierstrass, 1815–1897) that serves to connect mathematics to the broader intellectual and social history of Western civilization. Part B, "Memorable Mathematics", is a collection of interesting topics from number theory, geometry, and science arranged in an order roughly corresponding to the order of most calculus courses. Some of these sections have a few problems for the student to solve. Students can gain perspective on the mathematical experience and learn some mathematics not contained in the usual courses, and instructors can assign student papers and projects based on the essays. The book teaches by example that mathematics is more than computation. Original illustrations of influential mathematicians in history and their inventions accompany the brief biographies and mathematical discussions.
Author | : Tatiana Shubin |
Publisher | : MAA |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0883855712 |
Download Expeditions in Mathematics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book is the second volume based on lectures for pre-college students given by prominent mathematicians in the Bay Area Mathematical Adventures (BAMA). This book reflects the flavor of the BAMA lectures and the excitement they have generated among the high school and middle school students in the Silicon Valley. The topics cover a wide range of mathematical subjects each treated by a leading proponent of the subject at levels designed to challenge and attract students whose mathematical interests are just beginning. In addition, the treatments given here will intrigue and enchant a more mature mathematician. It is hoped that the publication of these lectures will expose students outside of the San Francisco Bay Area to interesting mathematical topics and treatments outside of their normal experience in the classroom. Mathematical educators are encouraged to offer the students in their own localities similar opportunities to come into contact with exciting adventures in mathematics.
Author | : Jeff Suzuki |
Publisher | : MAA |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2009-08-27 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780883855706 |
Download Mathematics in Historical Context Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An exploration of the interaction between mathematics, mathematicians and society. What would Newton see if he looked out his window?