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Paperback. Condizione: New. Many mathematicians have been drawn to mathematics through their experience with math circles. The Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) started in 1998 as one of the very first math circles in the U.S. Over the last decade and a half, 100 instructors - university professors, business tycoons, high school teache…rs, and more - have shared their passion for mathematics by delivering over 800 BMC sessions on the UC Berkeley campus every week during the school year.This second volume of the book series is based on a dozen of these sessions, encompassing a variety of enticing and stimulating mathematical topics, some new and some continuing from Volume I:from dismantling Rubik's Cube and randomly putting it back together to solving it with the power of group theoryfrom raising knot-eating machines and letting Alexander the Great cut the Gordian Knot to breaking through knot theory via the Jones polynomialfrom entering a seemingly hopeless infinite raffle to becoming friendly with multiplicative functions in the land of Dirichlet, Mobius, and Eulerfrom leading an army of jumping fleas in an old problem from the International Mathematical Olympiads to improving our own essay-writing strategiesfrom searching for optimal paths on a hot summer day to questioning whether Archimedes was on his way to discovering trigonometry 2000 years agoDo some of these scenarios sound bizarre, having never before been associated with mathematics? Mathematicians love having fun while doing serious mathematics and that love is what this book intends to share with the reader. Whether at a beginner, an intermediate, or an advanced level, anyone can find a place here to be provoked to think deeply and to be inspired to create.In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Many mathematicians have been drawn to mathematics through their experience with math circles: extracurricular programs exposing teenage students to advanced mathematical topics and a myriad of problem-solving techniques and inspiring in them a lifelong love for mathematics. Founded in 1998, the Berke…ley Math Circle (BMC) is a pioneering model of a U.S. math circle, aspiring to prepare our best young minds for their future roles as mathematics leaders. Over the last decade, 50 instructors - from university professors to high school teachers to business tycoons - have shared their passion for mathematics by delivering more than 320 BMC sessions full of mathematical challenges and wonders.Based on a dozen of these sessions, this book encompasses a wide variety of enticing mathematical topics: from inversion in the plane to circle geometry; from combinatorics to Rubik's cube and abstract algebra; from number theory to mass point theory; from complex numbers to game theory via invariants and monovariants. The treatments of these subjects encompass every significant method of proof and emphasize ways of thinking and reasoning via 100 problem-solving techniques.Also featured are 300 problems, ranging from beginner to intermediate level, with occasional peaks of advanced problems and even some open questions. The book presents possible paths to studying mathematics and inevitably falling in love with it, via teaching two important skills: thinking creatively while still ""obeying the rules,"" and making connections between problems, ideas, and theories. The book encourages you to apply the newly acquired knowledge to problems and guides you along the way, but rarely gives you ready answers. ""Learning from our own mistakes"" often occurs through discussions of non-proofs and common problem-solving pitfalls.The reader has to commit to mastering the new theories and techniques by ""getting your hands dirty"" with the problems, going back and reviewing necessary problem-solving techniques and theory, and persistently moving forward in the book. The mathematical world is huge: you'll never know everything, but you'll learn where to find things, how to connect and use them. The rewards will be substantial.
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: American Mathematical Society, 2008
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Condizione: New. Presents possible paths to studying mathematics and falling in love with it, via teaching two important skills: thinking creatively while still obeying the rules, and making connections between problems, ideas, and theories. The book encourages you to apply the newly acquired knowledge to problems and guides you… along the way. Series: MSRI Mathematical Circles Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 631. . 2008. Paperback. . . . .
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: MP-AMM American Mathematical, 2009
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Condizione: New. 2015. Paperback. Editor(s): Stankova, Zvezdelina; Rike, Tom. Series: MSRI Mathematical Circles Library. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: JNU; PB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178. . . . . . .
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Editore: American Mathematical Society, Providence, 2015
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Many mathematicians have been drawn to mathematics through their experience with math circles. The Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) started in 1998 as one of the very first math circles in the U.S. Over the last decade and a half, 100 instructors - university professors, business tycoons, high sc…hool teachers, and more - have shared their passion for mathematics by delivering over 800 BMC sessions on the UC Berkeley campus every week during the school year.This second volume of the book series is based on a dozen of these sessions, encompassing a variety of enticing and stimulating mathematical topics, some new and some continuing from Volume I:from dismantling Rubik's Cube and randomly putting it back together to solving it with the power of group theoryfrom raising knot-eating machines and letting Alexander the Great cut the Gordian Knot to breaking through knot theory via the Jones polynomialfrom entering a seemingly hopeless infinite raffle to becoming friendly with multiplicative functions in the land of Dirichlet, Mobius, and Eulerfrom leading an army of jumping fleas in an old problem from the International Mathematical Olympiads to improving our own essay-writing strategiesfrom searching for optimal paths on a hot summer day to questioning whether Archimedes was on his way to discovering trigonometry 2000 years agoDo some of these scenarios sound bizarre, having never before been associated with mathematics? Mathematicians love having fun while doing serious mathematics and that love is what this book intends to share with the reader. Whether at a beginner, an intermediate, or an advanced level, anyone can find a place here to be provoked to think deeply and to be inspired to create.In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession. The Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) started in 1998 as one of the very first maths circles in the US. Over the last decade and a half, 100 instructors have shared their passion for mathematics by delivering over 800 BMC sessions. This second volume is based on a dozen of these sessions, encompassing a variety of enticing and stimulating mathematical topics. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Editore: American Mathematical Society, 2008
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Editore: American Mathematical Society, 2015
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Condizione: New. pp. 376 Illus., Map.
Editore: Universities Press, 2012
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Aggiungi al carrelloSoft cover. Condizione: New. Contents: Inversion in the plane. Part I. 1. Combinatorics. Part I. 2. Rubik s cube. Part I. 3. Number theory Part I. 4. A few words about proofs. Part I. 5. Mathematical induction. 6. Mass point geometry. 7. More on proofs. Part II. 8. Complex numbers. Part I. 9. Stomp. Games with invariants. 10. Fa…vorite problems at BMC. Part I. 11. Monovariants. Part I. 12. Epilogue. 13. Symbols and notation. 14. Abbreviations. 15. Biographical data. Bibliography. Credits. Index. Many mathematicians have been drawn to mathematics through their experience with math circles: extracurricular programs exposing teenage students to advanced mathematical topics and a myriad of problem solving techniques and inspiring in them a lifelong love for mathematics. Founded in 1998 the Berkeley Math Circle BMC is a pioneering model of a U.S. math circle, aspiring to prepare our best young minds for their future roles as mathematics leaders. Over the last decade, 50 instructors from university professors to high school teachers to business tycoons have shared their passion for mathematics by delivering more than 320 BMC sessions full of mathematical challenges and wonders. Based on a dozen of these sessions, this book encompasses a wide variety of enticing mathematical topics from inversion in the plane to circle geometry from combinatorics to Rubik's cube and abstract algebra; from number theory to mass point theory; from complex numbers to game theory via invariants and monovariants. The treatments of these subjects encompass every significant method of proof and emphasize ways of thinking and reasoning via 100 problem solving techniques. Also featured are 300 problems ranging from beginner to intermediate level with occasional peaks of advanced problems and even some open questions. The book presents possible paths to studying mathematics and inevitably falling in love with it via teaching two important skills thinking creatively while still obeying the rules and making connections between problems ideas and theories. The book encourages you to apply the newly acquired knowledge to problems and guides you along the way but rarely gives you ready answers. Learning from our own mistakes often occurs through discussions of non-proofs and common problem solving pitfalls. The reader has to commit to mastering the new theories and techniques by getting your hands dirty with the problems going back and reviewing necessary problem solving techniques and theory and persistently moving forward in the book. The mathematical world is huge: youll never know everything, but youll learn where to find things how to connect and use them. The rewards will be substantial. Titles in this series are co published with the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute MSRI.
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Condizione: New. 2015. Paperback. Editor(s): Stankova, Zvezdelina; Rike, Tom. Series: MSRI Mathematical Circles Library. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: JNU; PB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178. . . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Condizione: New. Presents possible paths to studying mathematics and falling in love with it, via teaching two important skills: thinking creatively while still obeying the rules, and making connections between problems, ideas, and theories. The book encourages you to apply the newly acquired knowledge to problems and guides you… along the way. Series: MSRI Mathematical Circles Library. Num Pages: 326 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 631. . 2008. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Condizione: New. pp. 376, Map, Index.
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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Many mathematicians have been drawn to mathematics through their experience with math circles. The Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) started in 1998 as one of the very first math circles in the U.S. Over the last decade and a half, 100 instructors - university professors, business tycoons, high sc…hool teachers, and more - have shared their passion for mathematics by delivering over 800 BMC sessions on the UC Berkeley campus every week during the school year.This second volume of the book series is based on a dozen of these sessions, encompassing a variety of enticing and stimulating mathematical topics, some new and some continuing from Volume I:from dismantling Rubik's Cube and randomly putting it back together to solving it with the power of group theoryfrom raising knot-eating machines and letting Alexander the Great cut the Gordian Knot to breaking through knot theory via the Jones polynomialfrom entering a seemingly hopeless infinite raffle to becoming friendly with multiplicative functions in the land of Dirichlet, Mobius, and Eulerfrom leading an army of jumping fleas in an old problem from the International Mathematical Olympiads to improving our own essay-writing strategiesfrom searching for optimal paths on a hot summer day to questioning whether Archimedes was on his way to discovering trigonometry 2000 years agoDo some of these scenarios sound bizarre, having never before been associated with mathematics? Mathematicians love having fun while doing serious mathematics and that love is what this book intends to share with the reader. Whether at a beginner, an intermediate, or an advanced level, anyone can find a place here to be provoked to think deeply and to be inspired to create.In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession. The Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) started in 1998 as one of the very first maths circles in the US. Over the last decade and a half, 100 instructors have shared their passion for mathematics by delivering over 800 BMC sessions. This second volume is based on a dozen of these sessions, encompassing a variety of enticing and stimulating mathematical topics. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Many mathematicians have been drawn to mathematics through their experience with math circles. The Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) started in 1998 as one of the very first math circles in the U.S. Over the last decade and a half, 100 instructors - university professors, business tycoons, high school teache…rs, and more - have shared their passion for mathematics by delivering over 800 BMC sessions on the UC Berkeley campus every week during the school year.This second volume of the book series is based on a dozen of these sessions, encompassing a variety of enticing and stimulating mathematical topics, some new and some continuing from Volume I:from dismantling Rubik's Cube and randomly putting it back together to solving it with the power of group theoryfrom raising knot-eating machines and letting Alexander the Great cut the Gordian Knot to breaking through knot theory via the Jones polynomialfrom entering a seemingly hopeless infinite raffle to becoming friendly with multiplicative functions in the land of Dirichlet, Mobius, and Eulerfrom leading an army of jumping fleas in an old problem from the International Mathematical Olympiads to improving our own essay-writing strategiesfrom searching for optimal paths on a hot summer day to questioning whether Archimedes was on his way to discovering trigonometry 2000 years agoDo some of these scenarios sound bizarre, having never before been associated with mathematics? Mathematicians love having fun while doing serious mathematics and that love is what this book intends to share with the reader. Whether at a beginner, an intermediate, or an advanced level, anyone can find a place here to be provoked to think deeply and to be inspired to create.In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession.
