A Problem Seminar

D.J. Newman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

113 Seiten

1982 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-90765-9 (ISBN)

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There was once a bumper sticker that read, "Remember the good old days when air was clean and sex was dirty?" Indeed, some of us are old enough to remember not only those good old days, but even the days when Math was/un(!), not the ponderous THEOREM, PROOF, THEOREM, PROOF, . . . , but the whimsical, "I've got a good prob lem. " Why did the mood change? What misguided educational philoso phy transformed graduate mathematics from a passionate activity to a form of passive scholarship? In less sentimental terms, why have the graduate schools dropped the Problem Seminar? We therefore offer "A Problem Seminar" to those students who haven't enjoyed the fun and games of problem solving. CONTENTS Preface v Format I Problems 3 Estimation Theory 11 Generating Functions 17 Limits of Integrals 19 Expectations 21 Prime Factors 23 Category Arguments 25 Convexity 27 Hints 29 Solutions 41 FORMAT This book has three parts: first, the list of problems, briefly punctuated by some descriptive pages; second, a list of hints, which are merely meant as words to the (very) wise; and third, the (almost) complete solutions. Thus, the problems can be viewed on any of three levels: as somewhat difficult challenges (without the hints), as more routine problems (with the hints), or as a textbook on "how to solve it" (when the solutions are read). Of course it is our hope that the book can be enjoyed on any of these three levels.

Format.- Problems.- Estimation Theory.- Generating Functions.- Limits of Integrals.- Expectations.- Prime Factors.- Category Arguments.- Convexity.- Hints.- Solutions.

Reihe/Serie	Problem Books in Mathematics
Zusatzinfo	V, 113 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	195 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
ISBN-10	0-387-90765-3 / 0387907653
ISBN-13	978-0-387-90765-9 / 9780387907659
Zustand	Neuware