Mathematical Gems II
Mathematical Gems II
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Ross Honsberger is the author of several best-selling and enthusiastically reviewed books published by the Mathematical Association of America. Mathematical Gems II follows and strengthens the tradition established by Honsberger. It has something for everyone - students, teachers, and armchair mathematicians alike. Here you will find gems from elementary combinatorics, number theory, and geometry. Each essay contains historical commentary, interesting anecdotes, mathematical background, and a careful discussion built around a famous problem, theorem, or mathematician. It also contains a collection of fascinating and illuminating exercises related to the topics of the essays.
- By the very popular author of More Mathematical Morsels
- Enjoyable mix of anecdotes, mathematical background, and puzzles
- Superb reviews
Product details
November 1997Paperback
9780883853191
192 pages
217 × 141 × 11 mm
0.235kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Three surprises from combinatorics and number theory
- 2. Four minor gems from geometry
- 3. A problem in checker-jumping
- 4. The generation of prime numbers
- 5. Two combinatorial proofs
- 6. Bicentric polygons, Steiner chains, and the hexlet
- 7. A theorem of Gabriel Lame
- 8. Box-packing problems
- 9. A theorem of Bang and the isosceles tetrahedron
- 10. An intriguing series
- 11. Chavatal's art gallery theorem
- 12. The set of distances determined by n points in the plane
- 13. A Putnam paper problem
- 14. Lovasz' proof of a theorem of Tutte.
