Instructor's Manual for Laboratories in Mathematical Experimentation - A Bridge to Higher Mathematics. Ed. by Mount Holyoke College

This book contains teaching hints, ideas for implementing and instructing students in performing a wide set of experiments in mathematics. It is intended for mathematics instructors who wish to design a course stressing an experimental approach to higher mathematics.

List of contents

From the contents:
- Iteration of Linear Functions.- Cyclic Difference Sets.- The Euclidian Algorithm.- Prime Numbers.- Coloring of Graphs.- Randomized Response Surveys.- Polyhedra.- p-adic numbers.- Praametric Curve Representation.- Numerical Integration.- Sequences and Series.- Experiments in Periodicity.- Iteration to Solve Equations.- Iteration of Quadratic Functions.- Iterated Linear Maps in the Plane.- The Euclidian Algorithm For Complex Integers.- Appendices.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mount Holyoke College (Editor), Holyoke College Mount Holyoke College (Editor), D. B. O'Shea (Editor), H. Pollatsek (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1960
• EAN: 9780387949987
• ISBN: 978-0-387-94998-7
• No. of pages: 170
• Weight: 326 g
• Illustrations: 9 SW-Abb.,
• Series: Textbooks in Mathematical Sciences; Textbooks in Mathematical Sciences
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries