Another collection of problems from best-selling author Ross Honsberger. He presents a selection drawn from probability, number theory, combinatorics, and geometry, and provides ingenious solutions and/or intriguing results. All of the problems presented in the volume are accessible to anyone with an interest in mathematics.
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'Ross Honsberger shows how powerful problem-solving is using elementary level mathematical techniques. His book contains a potpourri of intriguing and atypical problems and their solutions for the highly motivated student of mathematics ... A wonderful source of interesting problems for highly gifted high school students, undergraduate mathematics students, and their instructors.' Choice
'As his six previous kaleidoscopes published by MAA, this book is written with a top elegance, lightness and taste.' Zentralblatt für Mathematik
'This book can be used by mathematically gifted students to advance their mathematical level by solving suitable problems, and also by their teachers for their schoolwork. It can give pleasure to everybody who is interested in mathematics, but it can also bring enjoyment to more advanced mathematicians because the collection contains many problems which have unexpected results, in which different parts of mathematics are connected and which solutions are rather surprising. Reading this book your mind will really be at its best.' European Mathematical Society Newsletter
'As his six previous kaleidoscopes published by MAA, this book is written with a top elegance, lightness and taste.' Zentralblatt für Mathematik
'This book can be used by mathematically gifted students to advance their mathematical level by solving suitable problems, and also by their teachers for their schoolwork. It can give pleasure to everybody who is interested in mathematics, but it can also bring enjoyment to more advanced mathematicians because the collection contains many problems which have unexpected results, in which different parts of mathematics are connected and which solutions are rather surprising. Reading this book your mind will really be at its best.' European Mathematical Society Newsletter
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Ross Honsberger presents problems from probability, number theory, combinatorics, and geometry, and provides ingenious solutions and/or intriguing results. All of the problems presented in the volume are accessible to anyone with an interest in mathematics.
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This review is from: Mathematical Gems III (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) (Pt.3) (Paperback)
This book and its predecessors are pitched at the level of advanced high school students and undergraduates. All problems employ elementary techniques and the solutions are easily followed. Volume III contains a substantial chapter devoted to the best Internationl Mathematical Olympiad problems from the early '80s and chapters on Ramanujan's highly composite numbers, Fibonacci numbers - with much you will find new - and "a problem of Paul Erdös". The author's tone is amiable and light. There is nothing trite in the collection and no surplus fat. For Martin Gardner fans in search of something a little more highly engineered, Gems II and III will prove to be a sound investment.
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No matter which 55 positive integers may be selected from (1, 2,..., 100), prove that you must choose some two that differ by 9, some two that differ by 10, some two that differ by 12, and some two that differ by 13, but that you need not have any two that differ by 11. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
persistent numbers, pigeonhole principle, equal tangents, different integers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Murray Klamkin, Olympiad Corner, International Olympiad, Practice Set, The Mathematical Gazette, Moscow Olympiad, Third Round, Canadian Olympiad, Crux Mathematicorum, First Round New!
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No matter which 55 positive integers may be selected from (1, 2,..., 100), prove that you must choose some two that differ by 9, some two that differ by 10, some two that differ by 12, and some two that differ by 13, but that you need not have any two that differ by 11. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
persistent numbers, pigeonhole principle, equal tangents, different integers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Murray Klamkin, Olympiad Corner, International Olympiad, Practice Set, The Mathematical Gazette, Moscow Olympiad, Third Round, Canadian Olympiad, Crux Mathematicorum, First Round New!
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- Mathematical Morsels by Ross Honsberger in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- 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
- Hunter College (NY) (College History) by Joan M. Williams in Back Matter
- Mathematical Plums by Ross Hosberger in Front Matter
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- Elementary Number Theory with Applications by Thomas Koshy on page 62, and Back Matter
- Excursions in Calculus: An Interplay of the Continuous and the Discrete (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) by Robert M. Young in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Das ist o. B. d. A. trivial! (German Edition) by Albrecht Beutelspacher on page 45, and Back Matter
- Mathematical Delights (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) by Ross Honsberger in Front Matter
- Proofs that Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) by Arthur T. Benjamin in Front Matter
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