Ants, Bikes, & Clocks
Problem Solving for Undergraduates
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2004
Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-89871-574-3 (ISBN)
Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-89871-574-3 (ISBN)
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A readable and enjoyable text designed to strengthen the problem-solving skills of undergraduate students. It provides hundreds of mathematical problems and gives special emphasis to problems in context, often called story problems or modeling problems, that require mathematical formulation as a preliminary step.
Mathematics educators agree that problem solving is one of the essential skills their students should possess, yet few mathematics courses or textbooks are devoted entirely to developing this skill. Supported by narrative, examples, and exercises, Ants, Bikes, and Clocks: Problem Solving for Undergraduates is a readable and enjoyable text designed to strengthen the problem-solving skills of undergraduate students. The book, which provides hundreds of mathematical problems, gives special emphasis to problems in context, often called story problems or modeling problems, that require mathematical formulation as a preliminary step. Both analytical and computational approaches, as well as the interplay between them, are included.
With its lively and engaging writing style and interesting and entertaining problems, Ants, Bikes, and Clocks will strengthen students’ mathematical skills, introduce them to new mathematical ideas, demonstrate for them the connectedness of mathematics, and improve both their analytical and computational problem solving. One of the remarkable and unusual features of this text is that it encourages students to use the computer for experimentation. In fact, Briggs uses a variety of tricks that encourage students to use any tool at hand to test their ideas.
Mathematics educators agree that problem solving is one of the essential skills their students should possess, yet few mathematics courses or textbooks are devoted entirely to developing this skill. Supported by narrative, examples, and exercises, Ants, Bikes, and Clocks: Problem Solving for Undergraduates is a readable and enjoyable text designed to strengthen the problem-solving skills of undergraduate students. The book, which provides hundreds of mathematical problems, gives special emphasis to problems in context, often called story problems or modeling problems, that require mathematical formulation as a preliminary step. Both analytical and computational approaches, as well as the interplay between them, are included.
With its lively and engaging writing style and interesting and entertaining problems, Ants, Bikes, and Clocks will strengthen students’ mathematical skills, introduce them to new mathematical ideas, demonstrate for them the connectedness of mathematics, and improve both their analytical and computational problem solving. One of the remarkable and unusual features of this text is that it encourages students to use the computer for experimentation. In fact, Briggs uses a variety of tricks that encourage students to use any tool at hand to test their ideas.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Problem Solving Framework
Chapter 3: Problem Solving Strategies
Chapter 4: How Do You Do It? Chapter 5: Parts of the Whole
Chapter 6: A World of Change
Chapter 7: At Any Rate
Chapter 8: Difference Equations
Chapter 9: Insight and Computing
Chapter 10: Take a Chance
Chapter 11: Toward Modeling
Chapter 12: Solutions
Bibliography
Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.12.2004 |
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| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 175 x 251 mm |
| Gewicht | 315 g |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| ISBN-10 | 0-89871-574-1 / 0898715741 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-89871-574-3 / 9780898715743 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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