You failed your math test, comrade Einstein : adventures and misadventures of young mathematicians or test your skills in almost recreational mathematics / edited by M. Shifman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shifman, Mikhail A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.

Mathematics.

Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Soviet Union.

Mathematical recreations.

Soviet Union--History.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 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 flouri

Contents:

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 ABRAMOVNAa

BELLA ABRAMOVNA SUBBOTOVSKAYA a

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611896928

9781281896926

1281896926

9789812701169

9812701168

OCLC:

476064824