The Art and Craft of Problem Solving

Zeitz, Paul

ISBN 10: 0471135712 / ISBN 13: 9780471135715

Published by John Wiley and Sons, 1999

About this Item

GOOD hardcover, no marks in text, clean boards, some corner wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Art and Craft of Problem Solving
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471135712
• ISBN 13: 9780471135715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

This text on mathematical problem solving provides a comprehensive outline of "problemsolving-ology," concentrating on strategy and tactics. It discusses a number of standard mathematical subjects such as combinatorics and calculus from a problem solver's perspective.

About the Author

About the Author Paul Zeitz studied history at Harvard and received a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley. He taught high school math in San Francisco and Colorado and currently is an associate professor at the University of San Francisco. He won the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and was a member of the first American team to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in 1974. Since 1985, he has composed and edited problems for several national math contests, including the USAMO. He has helped train several American IMO teams, most notably the 1994 "Dream Team" which, for the first time in history, achieved a perfect score.