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H.S. Wall - Creative Mathematics - 9780883857502 - V9780883857502
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Creative Mathematics

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Description for Creative Mathematics Hardcover. Develops the reader's mathematical creativity and independence. Assumes little formal mathematical background. Series: Mathematical Association of America Textbooks. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Professor H. S. Wall (1902–1971) developed Creative Mathematics over a period of many years of working with students at the University of Texas, Austin. His aim was to lead students to develop their mathematical abilities, to help them learn the art of mathematics, and to teach them to create mathematical ideas. This book, according to Wall, 'is not a compendium of mathematical facts and inventions to be read over as a connoisseur of art looks over paintings. It is, instead, a sketchbook in which readers try their hands at mathematical discovery.' In less than two hundred pages, he takes the reader on a stimulating tour starting with numbers, and then moving on to simple graphs, the integral, simple surfaces, successive approximations, linear spaces of simple graphs, and concluding with mechanical systems. The book is self contained, and assumes little formal mathematical background on the part of the reader.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Mathematical Association of America United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Series
Mathematical Association of America Textbooks
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9780883857502
SKU
V9780883857502
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About H.S. Wall
H. S. Wall (1902–1971) was a Professor of pure mathematics at the University of Texas, Austin, where he directed the doctoral work of over sixty students.

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