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Math made visual : creating images for understanding mathematics / Claudia Alsina and Roger B. Nelsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alsina, Claudi.
- Series:
- Classroom resource materials (Unnumbered)
- Classroom resource materials
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Study and teaching.
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics--Charts, diagrams, etc.
- Digital images.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 173 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Is it possible to make mathematical drawings that help to understand mathematical ideas, proofs and arguments? The authors of this book are convinced that the answer is yes and the objective of this book is to show how some visualization techniques may be employed to produce pictures that have both mathematical and pedagogical interest. Mathematical drawings related to proofs have been produced since antiquity in China, Arabia, Greece and India but only in the last thirty years has there been a growing interest in so-called 'proofs without words'. Hundreds of these have been publised in Mathematics Magazine and The College Mathematics Journal, as well as in other journals, books, and on the Internet. Often times, a person encountering a 'proof without words' may have the feeling that the pictures involved are the result of a serendipitous discovery or the consequence of an exceptional ingenuity on the part of the picture's creator. In this book the authors show that behind most of the pictures 'proving' mathematical relations are some well-understood methods. As the reader shall see, a given mathematical idea or relation may have many different images that justify it, so that depending on the teaching level or the objectives for producing the pictures, one can choose the best alternative.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Visualizing mathematics by creating pictures
- pt. II. Visualization in the classroom
- pt. III. Hints and solutions to the challenges.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-168) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61444-100-6
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