The Largest Number Smaller Than Five


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This is a book for teenagers of all ages from 10 to 90. Demanding very little prior knowledge, it presents advanced mathematical ideas, casts doubt on the truth of much mathematics and asks questions to which no one knows the answer. Aimed at those who have caught, or are close to catching, the mathematics bug, it covers some of the most exciting topics engaging mathematicians today.




5-Minute Math Problem of the Day


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Presents 250 multi-step math problems for students in grades four through eight, covering whole numbers, decimals, fractions, measurement, geometry, percents, ratio, and probability, and algebra and statistics; and includes an answer key.




Mathematics under the Microscope


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Discusses, from a working mathematician's point of view, the mystery of mathematical intuition: Why are certain mathematical concepts more intuitive than others? And to what extent does the 'small scale' structure of mathematical concepts and algorithms reflect the workings of the human brain?







Step-by-step Maths


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Farm Restructuring and Land Tenure in Reforming Socialist Economies


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The transition: conditions and legislation; Survey design: the demographic and physical setting; Processes of land reform; Crop production; Livestock production; Markets for inputs and products; Capitalization and assets; Finance and banking; Labour, housing and social services.







Julia - Bit by Bit


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The main goal of this book is to teach fundamental programming principles to beginners using Julia, one of the fastest growing programming languages today. Julia can be classified as a "modern" language, possessing many features not available in more popular languages like C and Java. The book is organized in 10 chapters. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the programming process. It shows how to write a first Julia program and introduces some of the basic building blocks needed to write programs. Chapter 2 is all about numbers—integers, floating-point, operators, expressions—how to work with them and how to print them. Chapter 3 shows how to write programs which can make decisions. It explains how to use if and if...else statements. Chapter 4 explains the notion of ‘looping’, implemented using for and while statements. It also explains how to read data from a file and write results to a file. Chapter 5 formally treats with functions, enabling a (large) program to be broken up into smaller manageable units which work together to solve a given problem. Chapter 6 is devoted to characters and strings. In Julia, we can work with them as seamlessly as we do with numbers. Chapter 7 tackles array processing, which is significantly easier in Julia than other languages. Chapter 8 is about sorting and searching techniques. Sorting puts data in an order that can be searched more quickly/easily, and makes it more palatable for human consumption. Chapter 9 introduces structures, enabling us to group data in a form that can be manipulated more easily as a unit. Chapter 10 deals with two useful data structures—dictionaries and sets. These enable us to solve certain kinds of problems more easily and conveniently than we can without them. This book is intended for anyone who is learning programming for the first time. The presentation is based on the fact that many students (though not all) have difficulties in learning programming. To overcome this, the book uses an approach which provides clear examples, detailed explanations of very basic concepts and numerous interesting problems (not just artificial exercises whose only purpose is to illustrate some language feature).




Olympiad Champs Mathematics Class 4 with 5 Online Mock Tests 2nd Edition


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“Olympiad Champs Mathematics Class 4 with 5 Online Mock Olympiad Tests” is the first of its kind book on Olympiad in many ways. The book is aimed at achieving not only success but deep rooted learning in children. The book is prepared on the content based on National Curriculum Framework prescribed by NCERT. All the text books, syllabi and teaching practices within the education programme in India must follow NCF. Hence, Olympiad Champs become an ideal book not only for the Olympiad Exams but also for strengthening the concepts. There is an exhaustive range of thought provoking questions in MCQ format to test the student’s knowledge thoroughly. The questions are designed so as to test the knowledge, comprehension, evaluation, analytical and application skills. Solutions and explanations are provided for all questions. The questions are divided into two levels-Challenge A and Challenge B. The first level, Challenge A, is the beginner’s level which comprises of questions like fillers, analogy and odd one out. When the child covers level A, it means his basic knowledge about the subject is clear and now it is ready for challenge B. The second level is the advanced level. Challenge B comprises of techniques like matching, chronological sequencing, picture, passage and feature based, statement correct/ incorrect, integer based, puzzle, grid based, crossword, Venn diagram, table/ chart based and much more. The first concern which each parent faces is how to make their children read a book especially when it is based on academics. Keeping this in mind interesting facts, real life examples, historical preview and short cut to problem solving, charts, diagrams, illustrations and poems are added. In addition to this the book contains comic strip which increases the readability quotient and make the reading experience for the children more exciting. The book also includes 5 Online Mock Olympiad Tests designed on the pattern of various prominent national Olympiad exams conducted across the various schools in India. With the vision to remove all the misconception a child may have pertaining to the subject, relate his knowledge to the real world and to develop a deeper understanding of the subject this book will cater all the requirements of the students who are going to appear in Olympiads.




Mathematical Nuggets From Austria: Selected Problems From The Styrian Mid-secondary School Mathematics Competitions


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This book is composed of the most interesting problems from a quarter century of regional mathematics competitions for students aged 11-14 in the province of Styria, Austria. The problems presented here range from pure puzzles to a more traditional mathematical type of question, but all are somehow special, posed with the intent of giving the reader something interesting to think about, with the promise of an entertaining moment of elucidation and enlightenment at the end.