Five hundred mathematical challenges [[electronic resource] /] / Edward J. Barbeau, Murray S. Klamkin, William O.J. Moser |
Autore | Barbeau Edward <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.], : Mathematical Association of America, c1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
Disciplina | 510/.76 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KlamkinMurray S
MoserW. O. J |
Collana | Spectrum series |
Soggetto topico | Mathematics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61444-507-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Problems -- Solutions -- The tool chest -- Index of problems. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465231803321 |
Barbeau Edward <1938-> | ||
[Washington, D.C.], : Mathematical Association of America, c1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Five hundred mathematical challenges / / Edward J. Barbeau, Murray S. Klamkin, William O.J. Moser [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Barbeau Edward <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 510/.76 |
Collana | Spectrum series |
Soggetto topico | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1-61444-507-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Problems -- Solutions -- The tool chest -- Index of problems. |
Altri titoli varianti | 500 mathematical challenges |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791747703321 |
Barbeau Edward <1938-> | ||
Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Five hundred mathematical challenges / / Edward J. Barbeau, Murray S. Klamkin, William O.J. Moser [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Barbeau Edward <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 510/.76 |
Collana | Spectrum series |
Soggetto topico | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1-61444-507-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Problems -- Solutions -- The tool chest -- Index of problems. |
Altri titoli varianti | 500 mathematical challenges |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823191003321 |
Barbeau Edward <1938-> | ||
Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 1995 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mathematical fallacies, flaws, and flimflam / / Edward J. Barbeau |
Autore | Barbeau Edward <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
Disciplina | 510 |
Collana | Spectrum series |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mathematics - Study and teaching |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61444-518-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""copyright page ""; ""title page ""; ""FOREWORD""; ""Contents""; ""1 NUMBERS""; ""1. How to get drunk and rich at the same time""; ""2. Fifty per cent more for fifty per cent less""; ""3. Whose real world?""; ""4. United in purpose""; ""5. A case of black and white---but not so much black""; ""6. Effects of changing temperature""; ""7. To those that have shall be given""; ""8. Distributing addition over multiplication""; ""9. Distributing exponents over sums""; ""10. An exponential mess""; ""11. A product of logarithms""; ""12. A divisibility property""; ""13. All perfect numbers are even""
""14. Why Wiles' proof of the Fermat Conjecture is false""""15. A quick (?) proof of irrationality""; ""16. A rational combination of two transcendentals""; ""17. How the factorial works""; ""Dollars and sense""; ""2 ALGEBRA AND TRIGONOMETRY""; ""1. Do you know how to split the atom?""; ""2. The number of tickets""; ""3. A superficial volume problem""; ""4. The end justifies the means""; ""5. How to solve a quadratic equation""; ""6. A new method for solving a cubic""; ""7. An old method for solving a cubic""; ""8. An exponential equation""; ""9. Logarithms distribute over sums"" ""10. The multiplication rules for logarithms""""11. A lack of technical unanimity""; ""12. A straightforward cancellation""; ""13. An application of the Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality""; ""14. Surprising symmetry""; ""15. Factoring homogeneous polynomials""; ""16. Polynomial detection""; ""17. The remainder theorem""; ""18. The zero polynomial""; ""19. An inductive fallacy""; ""20. On not identifying equations and identities""; ""21. A surd equation""; ""22. The disappearing solution""; ""23. Solving an inequality""; ""24. An appearance of finite geometric sequences"" ""25. Glide-reflecting the sine curve""""26. A trigonometric identity""; ""27. Floored by an Olympiad problem""; ""28. A New Identity for the Ceiling Function""; ""3 GEOMETRY""; ""1. The impossibility of angle bisection""; ""2. Trisecting an angle with ruler and compasses""; ""3. A luney way to square a circle""; ""4. The Steiner-Lehmus Theorem""; ""5. A geometry problem""; ""6. A case of irregularity""; ""7. A counterexample to Morley's Theorem""; ""8. Going for the stars""; ""9. Identifying the angle""; ""10. The speeder's delight""; ""11. A solution to problem 480"" ""12. Tangency by double roots""""13. A puzzling graph""; ""14. The wilting lines""; ""15. The height of a trapezoid""; ""16. Forces with a given resultant""; ""17. A linear pythagorean theorem""; ""18. The surface area of a sphere""; ""19. Drenching a sphere""; ""20. Volume of a tin can""; ""21. The Puptent Problem""; ""22. The spirit is willing but the ham is rotten""; ""4 FINITE MATHEMATICS""; ""1. Rabbits reproduce; integers don't""; ""2. All positive integers are equal""; ""3. Every second square is the same""; ""4. Four weighings suffice""; ""5. Perron's paradox"" ""6. There is a unique positive integer"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453742903321 |
Barbeau Edward <1938-> | ||
Washington, DC : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mathematical fallacies, flaws, and flimflam / / Edward J. Barbeau [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Barbeau Edward <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 167 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 510 |
Collana |
Spectrum
Spectrum series |
Soggetto topico | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1-61444-518-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Numbers -- Algebra and trignometry -- Geometry -- Finite mathematics -- Probability -- Calculus: limits and derivatives -- Calculus: integrations and differential equations -- Calculus: multivariate and applications -- Linear and modern algebra -- Advanced undergraduate mathematics -- Parting shots. |
Altri titoli varianti | Mathematical Fallacies, Flaws, & Flimflam |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790892303321 |
Barbeau Edward <1938-> | ||
Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mathematical fallacies, flaws, and flimflam / / Edward J. Barbeau [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Barbeau Edward <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 167 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 510 |
Collana |
Spectrum
Spectrum series |
Soggetto topico | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1-61444-518-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Numbers -- Algebra and trignometry -- Geometry -- Finite mathematics -- Probability -- Calculus: limits and derivatives -- Calculus: integrations and differential equations -- Calculus: multivariate and applications -- Linear and modern algebra -- Advanced undergraduate mathematics -- Parting shots. |
Altri titoli varianti | Mathematical Fallacies, Flaws, & Flimflam |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819769603321 |
Barbeau Edward <1938-> | ||
Washington : , : Mathematical Association of America, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pell's equation / E. J. Barbeau |
Autore | Barbeau, Edward J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Springer, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 212 p. ; cm24 |
Disciplina | 512.7 |
Collana | Problem Books in Mathematics |
Soggetto non controllato |
Teoria dei numeri
Equazioni di Pell's |
ISBN | 0-387-95529-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990001508450403321 |
Barbeau, Edward J. | ||
New York : Springer, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pell's equation / Edward J. Barbeau |
Autore | Barbeau, Edward J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | IX, 212 p. ; 24 cm. |
Soggetto topico |
11-XX - Number theory [MSC 2020]
11D09 - Quadratic and bilinear Diophantine equations [MSC 2020] 00A07 - Problem books [MSC 2020] |
ISBN | 8-1-4419-3040-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-SUN0024378 |
Barbeau, Edward J. | ||
New York, : Springer, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Pell's equation / Edward J. Barbeau |
Autore | Barbeau, Edward J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Springer, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | IX, 212 p. ; 24 cm |
Soggetto topico |
11-XX - Number theory [MSC 2020]
11D09 - Quadratic and bilinear Diophantine equations [MSC 2020] 00A07 - Problem books [MSC 2020] |
ISBN | 978-14-419-3040-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNICAMPANIA-VAN0024378 |
Barbeau, Edward J. | ||
New York, : Springer, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Vanvitelli | ||
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Pell's equation / Edward J. Barbeau |
Autore | Barbeau, Edward |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : Springer, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
Disciplina | 512.7 |
Collana | Problem books in mathematics, 0941-3502 |
Soggetto topico |
Pell's equation
Number theory |
ISBN | 0387955291 |
Classificazione |
LC QA242.B4395
AMS 26-06 AMS 26B AMS 34A AMS 30A |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991004081599707536 |
Barbeau, Edward | ||
New York : Springer, c2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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