Contributor Andrew M. Bruckner; Brian S. Thomson; Judith B. Bruckne

Update
01-01-2011
Content Type
Textbook
Grade Level
Undergraduate
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PDF
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This is a book about mathematics appreciation via discovery, rather than about practical mathematics. It considers several problems that don’t appear to be amenable to ordinary arithmetic, algebraic or geometric techniques. It then guides the reader through the process of discovering the solution to each problem, using creative methods and simple techniques that arise naturally. It also indicates how each solution leads to new questions, provides a bit of history of the problem, and discusses a few related problems of current interest that have not yet been solved.