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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465755503321

Titolo

Hungarian problem book I [[electronic resource] ] : based on the Eotvos Competitions, 1894-1905 / / revised and edited by G. Hajos, G. Neukomm, J. Suranyi; translated by Elvira Rapaport

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Mathematical Association of America, 1963

ISBN

0-88385-927-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Collana

Anneli Lax new mathematical library ; ; 11

Altri autori (Persone)

NeukommG

SurányiJános <1918->

HajósGyörgy

Disciplina

510/.76

Soggetti

Mathematics

Problem solving

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""1903: 1""""1903: 2""; ""1903: 3""; ""1904: 1""; ""1904: 2""; ""1904: 3""; ""1905: 1""; ""1905: 2""; ""1905: 3""; ""Classification of Problems""; ""List of Explanatory Notes""; ""List of Biographical Notes""; ""List of Contest Winners""; ""Back Cover""

Sommario/riassunto

The Eötvös Contests in elementary mathematics have been open to Hungarian students in their last year of high school ever since 1894. They are famous for the simplicity of the concepts employed, the mathematical depth reached, and the diversity of elementary mathematical fields touched. But perhaps their most remarkable feature is the influence that they, together with a mathematics journal for students, seem to have had on the young people of that small country. Among the winners of the first eleven contests (i.e., those contained in the present volume) many turned into scientists of international fame; e.g., L. Fejér, T. von Kármán, D. Kónig, M. Riesz. Among the winners of the next twenty contests (i.e., those contained in volume 12) are G. Szegró, T. Radó, E. Teller; all three are well known in the United States, where they now reside. This translation of the Eötvös Contests Problems from 1894–1928 is based on the revised Hungarian



edition of J. Kürschák's original compilation. Kürschák combined his excellence in mathematics with his interest in education when he supplied the elegant solutions and illuminating explanations.