Portal through mathematics : journey to advanced thinking / Oleg A. Ivanov, St. Petersburg State University ; translated by Robert G. Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ivanov, O. A. (Oleg A.), author.

Contributor:

Burns, Robert G., Translator.

Series:

Anneli Lax new mathematical library ; 47.

Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library, 2643-5586 ; v. 52

Standardized Title:

Matematika 10-11. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics.

Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.

Genre:

Problems and exercises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, [2017]

System Details:

Mode of access : World Wide Web

Summary:

This book is a collection of puzzles and problems mostly on topics relating to secondary mathematics. The problems and topics are fresh and interesting and frequently surprising. One example: the puzzle that asks how much length must be added to a belt around the Earth's equator to raise it one foot has probably achieved old chestnut status. Ivanov, after explaining the surprising answer to this question, goes a step further and asks, if you grabbed that too long belt at some point and raised it as high as possible, how high would that be? The answer to that is more surprising than the classic puzzle's answer.

Contents:

Part I. Surprising and Easy Part II. Algebra, Calculus, and Geometry: problems Part III. Algebra, Calculus, and Geometry: theory (a little way beyond high school mathematics)

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2018

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Ivanov, O. A. Portal through mathematics :

ISBN:

9781470448776 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.