Math Affinity Puzzles
暫譯: 數學親和力謎題
Ballentine, Katie, Jones, Michael a., Mitchell, Lon
- 出版商: A K Peters
- 出版日期: 2026-06-15
- 售價: $6,500
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $6,175
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 284
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 1032992085
- ISBN-13: 9781032992082
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離散數學 Discrete-mathematics
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商品描述
Math Affinity Puzzles highlights the patterns and relationships that appear throughout mathematics. Rather than treating mathematics as a collection of separate topics or isolated courses, the puzzles here look beyond boundaries to discover links among different areas of knowledge.
The book uses analogies to explore connections between mathematical terms and concepts, where solving a puzzle requires unraveling the relationships between the mathematical ideas. Solving this kind of mathematical puzzle is thus not about assessing understanding, but deepening it, making the connections, and having fun doing it.
Each puzzle is followed by a short description and further discussion, touching on the different choices while going more deeply into historical or other aspects of the relationships. In some cases, there may be multiple relationships present and the suggested answer is one of many.
The puzzles in this book can be enjoyed on their own or as supplements in a course setting. The authors have used them in calculus and upper-level classes as homework assignments and for in-class discussions, offering opportunities for noncomputational critical thinking, speaking, and writing about mathematics. Regardless of their use, the puzzles will deepen the reader's understanding and appreciation of the relationships among mathematical ideas.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《數學親和力謎題》突顯了數學中出現的模式和關係。這本書並不將數學視為一系列獨立的主題或孤立的課程，而是透過謎題超越界限，發現不同知識領域之間的聯繫。
本書使用類比來探索數學術語和概念之間的聯繫，解謎的過程需要解開數學思想之間的關係。因此，解決這類數學謎題並不是在評估理解，而是加深理解、建立聯繫，並享受這個過程。
每個謎題後面都有簡短的描述和進一步的討論，涉及不同的選擇，同時更深入地探討關係的歷史或其他方面。在某些情況下，可能存在多種關係，而建議的答案只是眾多答案之一。
本書中的謎題可以單獨享受，也可以作為課程中的補充材料。作者在微積分和高級課程中將其用作家庭作業和課堂討論，提供非計算性批判性思維、口語表達和數學寫作的機會。無論如何使用，這些謎題都將加深讀者對數學思想之間關係的理解和欣賞。
作者簡介
Katie Ballentine is a software engineer at Guild Education. Previously, she was director of communications at Mathematical Sciences Publishers (MSP), and before that, she was a mathematical copy editor at MSP and Mathematical Reviews. She has taught a variety of undergraduate math classes.
Michael A. Jones is an associate editor at the American Mathematical Society's Mathematical Reviews. He was a faculty member for 14 years, including as an associate professor in mathematics at Montclair State University, NJ. He served as editor of the Mathematical Association of America's Mathematics Magazine from 2014 to 2019. In the summers, he teaches high school students through the University of Michigan's Michigan Mathematics and Science Scholars program.
Lon Mitchell is currently an associate professor of mathematics at Eastern Michigan University, was previously an editor for the American Mathematical Society, and has taught for multiple, gifted, high-school enrichment programs, including for the University of Michigan.
Jennifer M. Wilson is an associate professor of mathematics at The New School, where she has been a faculty member since 2003. She has taught most of the standard courses in the undergraduate mathematics curriculum and has published research in a variety of different journals, including Mathematics of Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, the College Mathematics Journal, and Mathematics Magazine.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Katie Ballentine 是 Guild Education 的軟體工程師。她曾擔任 Mathematical Sciences Publishers (MSP) 的傳播總監，之前則是 MSP 和 Mathematical Reviews 的數學校對編輯。她教授過多種本科數學課程。
Michael A. Jones 是美國數學學會的 Mathematical Reviews 的副編輯。他在大學任教 14 年，包括在新澤西州的 Montclair State University 擔任數學副教授。他曾於 2014 年至 2019 年擔任美國數學協會的 Mathematics Magazine 編輯。每年夏天，他通過密西根大學的 Michigan Mathematics and Science Scholars 計畫教授高中生。
Lon Mitchell 目前是東密西根大學的數學副教授，曾擔任美國數學學會的編輯，並為多個天才高中增能計畫授課，包括密西根大學的計畫。
Jennifer M. Wilson 是 The New School 的數學副教授，自 2003 年以來一直是該校的教職員。她教授過本科數學課程中的大多數標準課程，並在多個不同的期刊上發表研究，包括 Mathematics of Social Sciences、Mathematical Methods of Operations Research、College Mathematics Journal 和 Mathematics Magazine。
