Appealing to everyone from college-level math majors to independent learners, The Art and Craft of Problem Solving, 3rd Edition introduces a problem-solving approach to mathematics, as opposed to the traditional exercises approach. The goal of The Art and Craft of Problem Solving is to develop strong problem solving skills, which it achieves by encouraging students to do math rather than just study it. Paul Zeitz draws upon his experience as a coach for the International Mathematics Olympiad to give students an enhanced ...
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Appealing to everyone from college-level math majors to independent learners, The Art and Craft of Problem Solving, 3rd Edition introduces a problem-solving approach to mathematics, as opposed to the traditional exercises approach. The goal of The Art and Craft of Problem Solving is to develop strong problem solving skills, which it achieves by encouraging students to do math rather than just study it. Paul Zeitz draws upon his experience as a coach for the International Mathematics Olympiad to give students an enhanced sense of mathematics and the ability to investigate and solve problems
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We don't get enough of this kind of education in school. it's a much needed addition to any educated person's library.
HCubed
Jun 29, 2007
Awesome book!
This is one of the best books out there that deals with problem solving. It has a wide range of topics including combinatorics, number theory, geometry, and much more! The most important feature is that it presents you with valuable problem solving strategies and tactics, and has hundreds of imaginative problems to help hone your skill. It's good preparation for the Math Olympiad and the Putnam because it has past problems in these contests. But I have to tell you that except the examples, the problem sets have no full solutions. But if you can do most of the problems you would have a good feel to whether a solution is reasonable, besides, no solution prompts you to think harder rather thanbe tempted by the solutions. All in all, this is a great introductory book to higher problem solving, very readable.
