Mathematical chestnuts from around the world / Ross Honsberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Honsberger, Ross, 1929- author.

Series:

Dolciani Mathematical Expositions, v. 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics.

Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 310 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 2001.

System Details:

Mode of access : World Wide Web

Contents:

Section 1. Five Problems from Ireland Section 2. Three Solutions to a Variation on an Old Chestnut Section 3. Three Problems from Eötvös-Kürschák Competitions Section 4. Three Problems from the Polish Mathematical Olympiads of 1949-1954 Section 5. Ten Problems from East German Olympiads Section 6. 28 Problems from Pi Mu Epsilon Journal Section 7. Problems from the Austrian-Polish Mathematics Competitions Section 8. 19 Problems from Quantum Section 9. Six Bulgarian Problems for 11, 12, 13, and 14 Year-Olds Section 10. Cusumano's Challenge Section 11. Five Easy Problems from the 1984 Leningrad Olympiad Section 12. An Arithmetic Puzzle Section 13. A Few Gleanings from The Mathematical Gazette Section 14. Three Problems from the 1994 Putnam Contest Section 15. A Second Look at a Problem from Romania Section 16. 32 Miscellaneous Problems Section 17. Two Challenging Problems in Combinatorics Section 18. An Unused Problem from the 1988 International Olympiad Section 19. Four Problems from the 1995 International Olympiad Section 20. Two Geometry Problems Section 21. An Unlikely Perfect Square Section 22. The Nine-Point Circle and Coolidge's Theorem, the De Longchamps Point of a Triangle, Cantor's Theorem, and Napoleon's Theorem Section 23. A Problem from the Philippines Section 24. Four Solutions by George Evagelopoulos Section 25. A Problem from the 1992 Canadian Olympiad Section 26. A Function of Exponential Order

Notes:

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781470457235 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.