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UNINA9910455629203321 |
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Autore |
Mahajan Sanjoy <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Street-fighting mathematics : the art of educated guessing and opportunistic problem solving / / Sanjoy Mahajan ; foreword by Carver A. Mead |
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Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2010 |
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Cambridge, MA, USA, : MIT Press, 2010 |
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9786612541865 |
9781282541863 |
1282541862 |
9780262265881 |
0262265885 |
9780262514293 |
026251429X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Problem solving |
Hypothesis |
Estimation theory |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Brief contents -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Dimensions -- 2 Easy cases -- 3 Lumping -- 4 Pictorial proofs -- 5 Taking out the big part -- 6 Analogy -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An antidote to mathematical rigor mortis, teaching how to guess answers without needing a proof or an exact calculation. |
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