Sunday, December 2, 2012

100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics - Heinrich Dorrie


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A book collecting the celebrated problems of elementary mathematics that would commemorate their origin and, above all, present their solutions briefly, clearly, and comprehensibly has long seemed a necessary and attractive task to the author.

The restriction to problems of elementary mathematics was considered advisable in view of those readers who have neither the time nor the opportunity to acquaint themselves in any detail with higher mathematics. Nevertheless, in spite of this limitation a colorful and compelling picture has emerged, one that gives an idea of the amazing variety of mathematical methods and one that will-I hope-enchant many who are interested in mathematics and who take pleasure in characteristic mathematical thought processes. In the present work there are to be found many pearls of mathematical art, problems the solutions of which represent, in the achievements of a Gauss, an Euler, Steiner, and others, incredible triumphs of the mathematical mind. Because the difficult economic situation at the present time barred the publication of a larger work, a limit had to be set to the scope and number of the problems treated. Thus, I decided on a round number of one hundred problems. Moreover, since many of the problems and solutions require considerable space despite the greatest concision, this had to be compensated for by the inclusion of a number of mathematical miniatures. Possibly, however, it may be just these little problems, which are, in their way, true jewels of mathematical miniature work, that will find the readiest readers and win new admirers for the queen of the sciences.

As we have indicated already, a knowledge of higher analysis is not assumed.  Consequently, the Taylor expansion could not be used for the treatment of the important infinite series.  I  hope nonetheless that the derivations we have given, particularly the striking derivation of the sine and cosine series, will please and will not be found unattractive even by mathematically sophisticated readers.

2 comments:

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