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S.M.A.R.T. Circle Projects

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Authors:
  1. Andy Liu

    1. Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada

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  • Provides first-hand information on the history of the first Mathematical “Circles-Project” in North America
  • Contains many mathematical problems, puzzles and games as well as their solutions
  • Includes material based on junior high school student work, which was originally published in scientific and education journals
  • The author has received numerous teaching awards
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Texts in Education (SPTE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Error-Correcting Codes

    • Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
    Pages 1-16

  3. Platonic and Archimedian Solids

    • Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
    Pages 17-38

  4. Polyform Compatibility

    • Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
    Pages 39-53

  5. Mathematical Chess Problems

    • Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
    Pages 55-83

  6. Mathematical Induction

    • Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
    Pages 85-101

  7. Number Triangles

    • Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
    Pages 103-121

  8. Summation Problems

    • Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
    Pages 123-134

  9. Finite Projective Geometries

    • Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
    Pages 135-152

  10. Sharing Loots

    • Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
    Pages 153-170

  11. Puzzling Adventures

    • Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
    Pages 171-182

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 177-195
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About this book

This book describes projects in a Mathematical “Circle,” i.e., an organization that discovers and nurtures young mathematical talents through meaningful extra-curricular activities. This is the second volume in a trilogy describing in particular the S.M.A.R.T. Circle project, which was founded in Edmonton, Canada in 1981. The acronym S.M.A.R.T. stands for Saturday Mathematical Activities, Recreations & Tutorials. 


This book, Volume II, is based on the papers published in scientific and education journals by the Circle members while they were still in junior high school (some still in elementary school). In essence, it explains the purpose of the Circle. Volume I describes how to run a Circle, and Volume III explains what actually takes place in the Circle. All three volumes provide a wealth of resources (mathematical problems, quizzes and games, together with their solutions). The books will be of interest to self-motivated students who want

to conduct independent research, teachers who work with these students, and teachers who are currently running or planning to run Mathematical Circles of their own.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada

    Andy Liu

About the author

Andy Liu is an established author with eleven books to his credit. He is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta, Canada. He has won numerous international awards in mathematics teaching and outreach, as have several of his former students. He was the leader of the Canadian team to the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2000 (South Korea) and in 2003 (Japan), acts as Vice President of the Tournament of Towns and ran the S.M.A.R.T. Circle for over 30 years.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: S.M.A.R.T. Circle Projects

  • Authors: Andy Liu

  • Series Title: Springer Texts in Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56811-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56810-2Published: 18 September 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56811-9Published: 07 September 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2366-7672

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-7680

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 220

  • Number of Illustrations: 158 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematics Education

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