Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?

Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?

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  • Author: Joseph D. E. Konhauser
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780883853252
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 262

The best problems selected from over 25 years of the Problem of the Week at Macalester College.


Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?

Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?

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  • ISBN: 9780883853009
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 235


Bicycle or Unicycle?: A Collection of Intriguing Mathematical Puzzles

Bicycle or Unicycle?: A Collection of Intriguing Mathematical Puzzles

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  • Author: Daniel J. Velleman
  • Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
  • ISBN: 1470447592
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 286

Bicycle or Unicycle? is a collection of 105 mathematical puzzles whose defining characteristic is the surprise encountered in their solutions. Solvers will be surprised, even occasionally shocked, at those solutions. The problems unfold into levels of depth and generality very unusual in the types of problems seen in contests. In contrast to contest problems, these are problems meant to be savored; many solutions, all beautifully explained, lead to unanswered research questions. At the same time, the mathematics necessary to understand the problems and their solutions is all at the undergraduate level. The puzzles will, nonetheless, appeal to professionals as well as to students and, in fact, to anyone who finds delight in an unexpected discovery. These problems were selected from the Macalester College Problem of the Week archive. The Macalester tradition of a weekly problem was started by Joseph Konhauser in 1968. In 1993 Stan Wagon assumed problem-generating duties. A previous book written by Wagon, Konhauser, and Dan Velleman, Which Way Did the Bicycle Go?, gathered problems from the first twenty-five years of the archive. The title problem in that collection was inspired by an error in logic made by Sherlock Holmes, who attempted to determine the direction of a bicycle from the tracks of its wheels. Here the title problem asks whether a bicycle track can always be distinguished from a unicycle track. You'll be surprised by the answer.


The Edge of the Universe

The Edge of the Universe

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  • Author: Deanna Haunsperger
  • Publisher: MAA
  • ISBN: 9780883855553
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 338

Exquisite expositions of mathematics taken from the first ten years of the Math Horizons magazine.


Using the Mathematics Literature

Using the Mathematics Literature

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  • Author: Kristine K. Fowler
  • Publisher: CRC Press
  • ISBN: 1482276445
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 475

This reference serves as a reader-friendly guide to every basic tool and skill required in the mathematical library and helps mathematicians find resources in any format in the mathematics literature. It lists a wide range of standard texts, journals, review articles, newsgroups, and Internet and database tools for every major subfield in mathemati


Uncommon Mathematical Excursions

Uncommon Mathematical Excursions

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  • Author: Dan Kalman
  • Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
  • ISBN: 1470458446
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 265


Mathematical Delights

Mathematical Delights

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  • Author: Ross Honsberger
  • Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
  • ISBN: 1470451697
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 252

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.


Mathematical Diamonds

Mathematical Diamonds

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  • Author: Ross Honsberger
  • Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
  • ISBN: 147045842X
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 241

Ross Honsberger has done it again. He has brought together another wonderful collection of elementary mathematical problems and their solutions abounding in striking surprises and brilliant ideas that reflect the beauty of mathematics. Many of these problems come from mathematical journals. Others come from various mathematical competitions such as the Tournament of the Towns, the Balkan Olympiad, the American Invitational Mathematics Exam, and the Putnam exam. And, of course, there is a problem suggested by Paul Erdos. This book is ideal for students, teachers and anyone interested in recreational mathematics.


Mathematical Chestnuts from around the World

Mathematical Chestnuts from around the World

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  • Author: Ross Honsberger
  • Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
  • ISBN: 1470457237
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 220

A collection of miscellanious gems from elementary mathematics, ranging from the latest International Olympiads all the way back to Euclid. Each one casts light on a striking result or a brilliant device, and any reader with only a modest mathematical background will appreciate the ingenious solutions that are also presented.


Mathematics and Sports

Mathematics and Sports

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  • Author: Joseph A. Gallian
  • Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
  • ISBN: 1614442002
  • Category : Mathematics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 329

An accessible compendium of essays on the broad theme of mathematics and sports.