| eBook ISBN: | 978-0-88385-952-0 |
| Product Code: | NML/38.E |
| List Price: | $50.00 |
| MAA Member Price: | $37.50 |
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| eBook ISBN: | 978-0-88385-952-0 |
| Product Code: | NML/38.E |
| List Price: | $50.00 |
| MAA Member Price: | $37.50 |
| AMS Member Price: | $37.50 |
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Book DetailsAnneli Lax New Mathematical LibraryVolume: 38; 1997; 286 pp
Over the years, perhaps the most popular of the MAA problem books have been the high school contest books, covering the yearly American High Mathematics Examinations (AHSME) that began in 1950, co-sponsored from the start by the MAA. Book V also includes the first six years of the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) which was developed as an intermediate step between the AHSME and the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO). The AIME has a unique answer format -- all answers are integers between 0 and 999. The editors of this volume, George Berzsenyi and Stephen B. Maurer, were respectively the chair of the AIME and the AHSME during this period. In addition to a thorough index, they have added much material not included in Contest Books I-IV: a comprehensive guide to other problem materials world wide, additional solutions, dropped problems, statistical information on test development and history. This is a must volume for avid fans of elementary problems, young and old.
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Table of Contents
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Chapters
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ASHME
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AIME
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A Guide to the Problem Literature
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Classification of Problems
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Reviews
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It goes without saying that the books provide a convenient tool for preparation for future AMC competitions. To that end, they could be used by ambitious or homeschooled students or by teachers and coaches. They may also be recommended to middle school math circles. Many math circles go way beyond the curriculum, probably under the assumption that there is nothing exciting in school mathematics. The contest books contain fine counterexamples! More than that, if the task is to find several solutions to a problem, then even the more routine problems may form a starting point for an engaging activity.
Alex Bogomolny, MAA Reviews
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Over the years, perhaps the most popular of the MAA problem books have been the high school contest books, covering the yearly American High Mathematics Examinations (AHSME) that began in 1950, co-sponsored from the start by the MAA. Book V also includes the first six years of the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) which was developed as an intermediate step between the AHSME and the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO). The AIME has a unique answer format -- all answers are integers between 0 and 999. The editors of this volume, George Berzsenyi and Stephen B. Maurer, were respectively the chair of the AIME and the AHSME during this period. In addition to a thorough index, they have added much material not included in Contest Books I-IV: a comprehensive guide to other problem materials world wide, additional solutions, dropped problems, statistical information on test development and history. This is a must volume for avid fans of elementary problems, young and old.
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Chapters
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ASHME
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AIME
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A Guide to the Problem Literature
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Classification of Problems
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It goes without saying that the books provide a convenient tool for preparation for future AMC competitions. To that end, they could be used by ambitious or homeschooled students or by teachers and coaches. They may also be recommended to middle school math circles. Many math circles go way beyond the curriculum, probably under the assumption that there is nothing exciting in school mathematics. The contest books contain fine counterexamples! More than that, if the task is to find several solutions to a problem, then even the more routine problems may form a starting point for an engaging activity.
Alex Bogomolny, MAA Reviews
