How To Solve It – A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library) - Hardcover

Polya

 
9780691080970: How To Solve It – A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0691080976 ISBN 13: 9780691080970
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1992

Synopsis

A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight. In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reasoned" out―from building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have relished Polya's deft―indeed, brilliant―instructions on stripping away irrelevancies and going straight to the heart of the problem.

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About the Author

George Polya (1887–1985) was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. His basic research contributions span complex analysis, mathematical physics, probability theory, geometry, and combinatorics. He was a teacher par excellence who maintained a strong interest in pedagogical matters throughout his long career. Even after his retirement from Stanford University in 1953, he continued to lead an active mathematical life. He taught his final course, on combinatorics, at the age of ninety. John H. Conway is professor emeritus of mathematics at Princeton University. He was awarded the London Mathematical Society's Polya Prize in 1987. Like Polya, he is interested in many branches of mathematics, and in particular, has invented a successor to Polya's notation for crystallographic groups.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691080976
ISBN 13 
9780691080970
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
224