The Art and Craft of Problem Solving

Zeitz, Paul

ISBN 10: 0471135712 / ISBN 13: 9780471135715

Editore: John Wiley and Sons, 1999

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Titolo: The Art and Craft of Problem Solving

Casa editrice: John Wiley and Sons

Data di pubblicazione: 1999

Legatura: Rilegato

Condizione: Good

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Riassunto:

This text on mathematical problem solving provides a comprehensive outline of "problemsolving-ology," concentrating on strategy and tactics. It discusses a number of standard mathematical subjects such as combinatorics and calculus from a problem solver's perspective.

Informazioni sull?autore:

About the Author Paul Zeitz studied history at Harvard and received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. He taught high school math in San Francisco and Colorado and currently is an associate professor at the University of San Francisco. He won the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and was a member of the first American team to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 1974. Since 1985, he has composed and edited problems for several national math contests, including the USAMO. He has helped train several American IMO teams, most notably the 1994 "Dream Team" which, for the first time in history, achieved a perfect score.