Exploring Mathematics with your Computer - Brossura

Engel, Arthur

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0883856360 ISBN 13: 9780883856369

Casa editrice: The Mathematical Association of America, 1997

Riassunto

Illustrates how numerical computation leads to conjectures which can then be proved by mathematical reasoning.

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Descrizione del libro

For high school students and undergraduates with a strong interest in mathematics, and teachers looking for fresh ideas, this book is full of diverse mathematical ideas requiring little background. It includes a large number of challenging problems, many of which illustrate how numerical computation leads to conjectures which can then be proved by mathematical reasoning.

Contenuti

1. Introductory problems; 2. Algorithms in number theory; 3. Probability; 4. Statistics; 5. Combinatorial algorithms; 6. Numerical algorithms; 7. Miscellaneous problems; Appendix; A crash course in probability; Solutions of some Exercises; Summary of notation and formulas; A short summary of TURBO PASCAL; For users of other PASCAL compilers.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The Mathematical Association of America
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0883856360
• ISBN 13: 9780883856369
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 311
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile