Equations and Inequalities: Elementary Problems and Theorems in Algebra and Number Theory
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Main Author: Herman, Jiří (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2000
Series:CMS Books in Mathematics Ouvrages de mathématiques de la SMC
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 344 p)
ISBN:9781461212706
9781461270713
ISSN:1613-5237
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4612-1270-6

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