Mathematical Delights is a collection of 90 short elementary gems from algebra, geometry, combinatorics, and number theory. Ross Honsberger presents us with some surprising results, brilliant ideas, and beautiful arguments in mathematics, written in his wonderfully lucid style. The book is a mathematical entertainment to be read at a leisurely pace. High school mathematics should equip the reader to handle the problems presented in the book. The topics are entirely independent and can be read in any order. A useful set of indices helps the reader locate topics in the text. Ross Honsberger has published thirteen best-selling books with the Mathematical Association of America including: Mathematical Diamonds, Mathematical Chestnuts from Around the World, From Erdös to Kiev and Ingenuity in Mathematics.
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Mathematical Delights is a collection of 90 short elementary gems from algebra, geometry, combinatorics, and number theory. Honsberger presents us with some surprising results, brilliant ideas, and beautiful arguments in mathematics, written in his wonderfully lucid style.
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dissapointing ! mainly material from other books !,
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This is a great dissapointment from the respected author and the respedted publisher. In the book there are 18 sections of problems. eight of them are "problems from..." other books. Most of those books are themselves on-the-shelves collections of prbloms. Some of those books are really new, one of them has not yet been published ! . Some other 5 sections are "problems from..." magazines. There are many available books of interesing problems (including this one). Fans of those book should be careful - they may get mainly something they already have.
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Characteristically high quality solutions from Honsberger,
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As Cambridge mathematician J C Burkill once said, "for, as every examiner knows, in the field of problems there is very little that is fundamentally new." The gems in this book are the excellent solutions that are characteristically Honsberger, even though the questions may be from elsewhere.
If you love Honsberger's other books, you will not be disappointed in reading this one.
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Mathematical Miniatures, by Titu Andreescu and Svetoslav Savchev (Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library Series, MAA, 2003), is a goldmine of elementary delights. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
congruent number, radical axis, subtends equal angles, horizontal keys, monochromatic triangle, second best player, twin primes, unit perimeter, published solution, genuine coins, prime decomposition, fifth roots, parallel chords, exterior angle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mathematical Delights, Putnam Competition, New Mexico Mathematics Contest, Mathematics Magazine, New York, University of New Mexico, Curious Result, New Jersey, Problems Teach Us How To Think, Professor Subbarao, Theorem of the Broken Chord, Two Solutions New!
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- Curious and Interesting Geometry, The Penguin Dictionary of by David Wells on page 187
- Lion Hunting and Other Mathematical Pursuits: A Collection of Mathematics, Verse, and Stories (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) by Ralph P. Boas Jr in Front Matter
- Excursions in Calculus: An Interplay of the Continuous and the Discrete (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) by Robert M. Young in Front Matter
- Old and New Unsolved Problems in Plane Geometry and Number Theory (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) by Victor Klee in Front Matter
- Wohascum County Problem Book (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) by George T. Gilbert in Front Matter
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