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USA and International Mathematical Olympiads, 2005
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 100

USA and International Mathematical Olympiads, 2005

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: MAA

The Mathematical Olympiad examinations, covering the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), have been published annually by the MAA American Mathematics Competitions since 1976. This collection of excellent problems and beautiful solutions is a valuable companion for students who wish to develop their interest in mathematics.

Inside Facebook
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 252

Inside Facebook

As an early engineer, I was on the inside during Facebook's explosive growth. In Inside Facebook, I'll give you the scoop on the company as it became the premiere online environment for U.S. college students, including how and by whom the products were made, how you can use them best, views on what makes social networks so valuable, and where the industry is headed. You, too, can achieve startup success and attain your greatest dream; I hope to inspire you toward fulfilling your potential. "Love the book. It captures the ethos of the place and a substantial degree of the vision and drive which is a secret to success." -David Kopp, Sr. Director, Community at Yahoo! "Inside Facebook is a compe...

Loving and Hating Mathematics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 429

Loving and Hating Mathematics

An exploration of the hidden human, emotional, and social dimensions of mathematics Mathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason. But few subjects provoke hotter emotions—and inspire more love and hatred—than mathematics. And although math is frequently idealized as floating above the messiness of human life, its story is nothing if not human; often, it is all too human. Loving and Hating Mathematics is about the hidden human, emotional, and social forces that shape mathematics and affect the experiences of students and mathematicians. Written in a lively, accessible style, and filled with gripping stories and anecdotes, Loving and Hating Mathematics brings ho...

A First Course in the Calculus of Variations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 311

A First Course in the Calculus of Variations

This book is intended for a first course in the calculus of variations, at the senior or beginning graduate level. The reader will learn methods for finding functions that maximize or minimize integrals. The text lays out important necessary and sufficient conditions for extrema in historical order, and it illustrates these conditions with numerous worked-out examples from mechanics, optics, geometry, and other fields. The exposition starts with simple integrals containing a single independent variable, a single dependent variable, and a single derivative, subject to weak variations, but steadily moves on to more advanced topics, including multivariate problems, constrained extrema, homogeneous problems, problems with variable endpoints, broken extremals, strong variations, and sufficiency conditions. Numerous line drawings clarify the mathematics. Each chapter ends with recommended readings that introduce the student to the relevant scientific literature and with exercises that consolidate understanding.

USA and International Mathematical Olympiads, 2003
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 106

USA and International Mathematical Olympiads, 2003

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004
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  • Publisher: MAA

The Mathematical Olympiad examinations, covering the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), have been published annually since 1976. This is the fourth volume in that series. The IMO is a world mathematics competition for high school students that takes place each year in a different country. Students from all over the world participate in this competition. These Olympiad style exams consist of several challenging essay-type problems. Although a correct and complete solution to an Olympiad problem often requires deep analysis and careful argument, the problems require no more than a solid background in high school mathematics coupled with a dose ...

New Directions in Homotopy Theory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 208

New Directions in Homotopy Theory

This volume contains the proceedings of the Second Mid-Atlantic Topology Conference, held from March 12–13, 2016, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The focus of the conference, and subsequent papers, was on applications of innovative methods from homotopy theory in category theory, algebraic geometry, and related areas, emphasizing the work of younger researchers in these fields.

USA and International Mathematical Olympiads 2004
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 130

USA and International Mathematical Olympiads 2004

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: MAA

The Mathematical Olympiad examinations, covering the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and the International Mathematical Olypiad (IMO), have been published annually since 1976. The IMO is the world mathematics championship for high school students. It takes place every year in a different country. The IMO competitions help to discover, challenge, and encourage mathematically gifted young people all over the world. In addition to presenting their own carefully written solutions to the problems presented here, the editors have provided remarkable solutions developed by the examination committees, contestants, and experts, during and after the contests. They also provide a comprehensive guide to other materials on advances problem-solving. This collection of excellent problems and beautiful solutions is a valuable companion for students who wish to develop their interest in mathematics outside the school curriculum and to deepen their knowledge of mathematics.

Integrability, Quantization, and Geometry: II. Quantum Theories and Algebraic Geometry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 480

Integrability, Quantization, and Geometry: II. Quantum Theories and Algebraic Geometry

This book is a collection of articles written in memory of Boris Dubrovin (1950–2019). The authors express their admiration for his remarkable personality and for the contributions he made to mathematical physics. For many of the authors, Dubrovin was a friend, colleague, inspiring mentor, and teacher. The contributions to this collection of papers are split into two parts: “Integrable Systems” and “Quantum Theories and Algebraic Geometry”, reflecting the areas of main scientific interests of Dubrovin. Chronologically, these interests may be divided into several parts: integrable systems, integrable systems of hydrodynamic type, WDVV equations (Frobenius manifolds), isomonodromy equations (flat connections), and quantum cohomology. The articles included in the first part are more or less directly devoted to these areas (primarily with the first three listed above). The second part contains articles on quantum theories and algebraic geometry and is less directly connected with Dubrovin's early interests.

A Path to Combinatorics for Undergraduates
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 235

A Path to Combinatorics for Undergraduates

This unique approach to combinatorics is centered around unconventional, essay-type combinatorial examples, followed by a number of carefully selected, challenging problems and extensive discussions of their solutions. Topics encompass permutations and combinations, binomial coefficients and their applications, bijections, inclusions and exclusions, and generating functions. Each chapter features fully-worked problems, including many from Olympiads and other competitions, as well as a number of problems original to the authors; at the end of each chapter are further exercises to reinforce understanding, encourage creativity, and build a repertory of problem-solving techniques. The authors' previous text, "102 Combinatorial Problems," makes a fine companion volume to the present work, which is ideal for Olympiad participants and coaches, advanced high school students, undergraduates, and college instructors. The book's unusual problems and examples will interest seasoned mathematicians as well. "A Path to Combinatorics for Undergraduates" is a lively introduction not only to combinatorics, but to mathematical ingenuity, rigor, and the joy of solving puzzles.

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 46
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 407

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, Volume 46

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and paperback.