Geometry In Problems

Shen, Alexander

ISBN 10: 1470419211 / ISBN 13: 9781470419219

Published by American Mathematical Society, 2016

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Synopsis:

Classical Euclidean geometry, with all its triangles, circles, and inscribed angles, remains an excellent playground for high-school mathematics students, even if it looks outdated from the professional mathematician's viewpoint. It provides an excellent choice of elegant and natural problems that can be used in a course based on problem solving. The book contains more than 750 (mostly) easy but nontrivial problems in all areas of plane geometry and solutions for most of them, as well as additional problems for self-study (some with hints). Each chapter also provides concise reminders of basic notions used in the chapter, so the book is almost self-contained (although a good textbook and competent teacher are always recommended). More than 450 figures illustrate the problems and their solutions. The book can be used by motivated high-school students, as well as their teachers and parents. After solving the problems in the book the student will have mastered the main notions and methods of plane geometry and, hopefully, will have had fun in the process. In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession.

About the Author: Alexander Shen, Institute of Problems of Information Transmission, Moscow, Russia, and LIRMM CNRS, Universite de Montpellier, France.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Geometry In Problems
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New