03252nam 2200661Ia 450 991078392200332120230617010320.01-281-89692-69786611896928981-270-116-8(CKB)1000000000334281(EBL)296282(OCoLC)476064824(SSID)ssj0000275910(PQKBManifestationID)11237806(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275910(PQKBWorkID)10222865(PQKB)11643100(MiAaPQ)EBC296282(WSP)00000317(Au-PeEL)EBL296282(CaPaEBR)ebr10173982(CaONFJC)MIL189692(EXLCZ)99100000000033428120050807d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrYou failed your math test, comrade Einstein[electronic resource] adventures and misadventures of young mathematicians or test your skills in almost recreational mathematics /edited by M. ShifmanNew Jersey World Scientific20051 online resource (234 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-256-279-6 981-256-358-X Includes bibliographical references.FROM THE EDITOR; Mathematics at the service of ideology of "real socialism"; On this book; Thank you; List of Contributors and Advisors; References; CONTENTS; PART 1; MEKH-MAT ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS PROBLEMS; SOLUTIONS TO THE YEAR 2000 INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD; MY ROLE AS AN OUTSIDER; PART 2; INTELLECTUAL GENOCIDE; REMARKS; SCIENCE AND TOTALITARIANISM a; ADMISSION TO THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENTS IN RUSSIA IN THE 1970's AND 1980's a; ENTRANCE EXAMINATION TO THE MEKHMAT a; PART 3; FREE EDUCATION AT THE HIGHEST PRICE:; JEWISH UNIVERSITY a; REMEMBERING BELLA ABRAMOVNAaBELLA ABRAMOVNA SUBBOTOVSKAYA aThis groundbreaking work features two essays written by the renowned mathematician Ilan Vardi. The first essay presents a thorough analysis of contrived problems suggested to "undesirable" applicants to the Department of Mathematics of Moscow University. His second essay gives an in-depth discussion of solutions to the Year 2000 International Mathematical Olympiad, with emphasis on the comparison of the olympiad problems to those given at the Moscow University entrance examinations. The second part of the book provides a historical background of a unique phenomenon in mathematics, which flouriMathematicsProblems, exercises, etcMathematicsStudy and teaching (Higher)Soviet UnionMathematical recreationsSoviet UnionHistoryMathematicsMathematicsStudy and teaching (Higher)Mathematical recreations.510.2347510.711510.92Shifman Mikhail A66980MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783922003321You failed your math test, comrade Einstein3729056UNINA