Equations and Inequalities: Elementary Problems and Theorems in Algebra and Number Theory

di Jiri Herman (Autore)

Radan Kucera (Autore)

Jaromir Simsa (Autore)

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Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2000

This book is intended as a text for a problem-solving course at the first­ or second-year university level, as a text for enrichment classes for talented high-school students, or for mathematics competition training. It can also be used as a source of supplementary material for any course dealing with algebraic equations or inequalities, or to supplement a standard elementary number theory course. There are already many excellent books on the market that can be used for a problem-solving course. However, some are merely collections of prob­ lems from a variety of fields and lack cohesion. Others present problems according to topic, but provide little or no theoretical background. Most problem books have a limited number of rather challenging problems. While these problems tend to be quite beautiful, they can appear forbidding and discouraging to a beginning student, even with well-motivated and carefully written solutions. As a consequence, students may decide that problem solving is only for the few high performers in their class, and abandon this important part of their mathematical, and indeed overall, education.

• Autore: Jiri Herman, Radan Kucera, Jaromir Simsa
• Traduttore: K. Dilcher
• Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Collana: CMS Books in Mathematics
• Anno: 2000
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 344 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9780387989426

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