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Honsberger, Ross, 1929-2016.

Ingenuity in mathematics / by Ross Honsberger.

Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, ©1970.

vii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

This book contains short, self-contained essays on elementary mathematics. Many describe work of outstanding mathematicians, Gauss among them, and show the incisiveness and ingenuity so characteristic of first rate mathematical work, no matter what the level.

New mathematical library ; 23

New mathematical library ; 23.

Mathematics.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204).

Probability and [pi] -- Odd and even numbers -- Sylvester's problem of collinear triads -- The algebra of statements -- The Farey Series -- A property of a[superscript n] -- Squaring the square -- Writing a number as a sum of two squares -- The isoperimetric problem -- Five curiosities from arithmetic -- A problem of regiomontanus -- Complementary sequences -- Pythagorean arithmetic -- Abundant numbers -- Mascheroni and Steiner -- A property of some repeating decimals -- The theorem of Barbier -- The series of reciprocals of the primes -- Van Schooten's problem -- Solutions to exercises.

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