From Erdös to Kiev: Problems of Olympiad Caliber
by Ross Honsberger
Dolciani Mathematical Expositions (17)
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Ross Honsberger's love of mathematics comes through very clearly in From Erdos to Kiev. He presents intriguing, stimulating problems that can be solved with elementary mathematical techniques. It will give pleasure to motivated students and their teachers, but it will also appeal to anyone who enjoys a mathematical challenge. Most of the problems in the collection have appeared on national or international Olympiads or other contests. Thus, they are quite challenging (with solutions that are show more all the more rewarding). The solutions use straightforward arguments from elementary mathematics (often not very technical arguments) with only the occasional foray into sophisticated or advanced ideas. Anyone familiar with elementary mathematics can appreciate a large part of the book. The problems included in this collection are taken from geometry, number theory, probability, and combinatorics. Solutions to the problems are included. show lessTags
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Ross Honsberger: After more than a decade of teaching secondary school mathematics in Toronto, he took advantage of a sabbatical leave to study at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He joined its faculty in 1964 in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization and is now Professor Emeritus
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