- Provides first-hand information on the history of the first Mathematical “Circle-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
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- About this book
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This book describes mini-courses in a Mathematical “Circle,” i.e., an organization that discovers and nurtures young mathematical talents through meaningful extra-curricular activities. This is the third 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 III, consists of mini-courses and explains what actually takes place in the Circle. Volume I describes how to run a Circle, and Volume II, consisting of student projects, addresses the purpose of 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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Area and Dissection
Pages 3-28
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Projective Geometry
Pages 29-54
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Conic Sections
Pages 55-78
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Inversive Geometry
Pages 79-104
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Convexity
Pages 105-134
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- S.M.A.R.T. Circle Minicourses
- Authors
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- Andrew Chiang-Fung Liu
- Series Title
- Springer Texts in Education
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-71743-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-71743-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-71742-5
- Series ISSN
- 2366-7672
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 244
- Number of Illustrations
- 173 b/w illustrations
- Topics
