Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics

Nieuw exemplaar 2010, softcover, 260pp, 23.5x15.5cm

 

A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. A mathematician, on the other hand, has no material to work with but ideas, and so his patterns are likely to last longer, since ideas wear less with time than words. The etudes presented here are not simply those of Czerny, but are better compared to the etudes of Chopin, not only technically demanding and addressed to a variety of specific skills, but at the same time possessing an exceptional beauty that characterizes the best of art... Keep this book at hand as you plan your next problem solving seminar. —Don Chakerian