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Probability through Algebra
 
Bowen Kerins Education Development Center, Inc., Waltham, MA
Benjamin Sinwell Pendleton High School, Anderson, SC
Al Cuoco Education Development Center, Inc., Waltham, MA
Glenn Stevens Boston University, Boston, MA
A co-publication of the AMS and IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute
Probability through Algebra
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-1925-7
Product Code:  SSTP/1
List Price: $45.00
MAA Member Price: $40.50
AMS Member Price: $36.00
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-2638-5
Product Code:  SSTP/1.E
List Price: $35.00
MAA Member Price: $31.50
AMS Member Price: $28.00
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-1925-7
eBook: ISBN:  978-1-4704-2638-5
Product Code:  SSTP/1.B
List Price: $80.00 $62.50
MAA Member Price: $72.00 $56.25
AMS Member Price: $64.00 $50.00
Probability through Algebra
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Probability through Algebra
Bowen Kerins Education Development Center, Inc., Waltham, MA
Benjamin Sinwell Pendleton High School, Anderson, SC
Al Cuoco Education Development Center, Inc., Waltham, MA
Glenn Stevens Boston University, Boston, MA
A co-publication of the AMS and IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-1925-7
Product Code:  SSTP/1
List Price: $45.00
MAA Member Price: $40.50
AMS Member Price: $36.00
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-2638-5
Product Code:  SSTP/1.E
List Price: $35.00
MAA Member Price: $31.50
AMS Member Price: $28.00
Softcover ISBN:  978-1-4704-1925-7
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-2638-5
Product Code:  SSTP/1.B
List Price: $80.00 $62.50
MAA Member Price: $72.00 $56.25
AMS Member Price: $64.00 $50.00
  • Book Details
     
     
    IAS/PCMI--The Teacher Program Series
    Volume: 12015; 157 pp
    MSC: Primary 00

    Designed for precollege teachers by a collaborative of teachers, educators, and mathematicians, Probability through Algebra is based on a course offered in the Summer School Teacher Program at the Park City Mathematics Institute.

    But this book isn't a “course” in the traditional sense. It consists of a carefully sequenced collection of problem sets designed to develop several interconnected mathematical themes, and one of the goals of the problem sets is for readers to uncover these themes for themselves.

    The specific themes developed in Probability through Algebra introduce readers to the algebraic properties of expected value and variance through analysis of games, to the use of generating functions and formal algebra as combinatorial tools, and to some applications of these ideas to questions in probabilistic number theory.

    Probability through Algebra is a volume of the book series “IAS/PCMI—The Teacher Program Series” published by the American Mathematical Society. Each volume in that series covers the content of one Summer School Teacher Program year and is independent of the rest.

    Titles in this series are co-published with the Institute for Advanced Study/Park City Mathematics Institute.

    Readership

    In-service secondary school teachers; students training to become secondary school teachers.

  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Cover
    • Title page
    • Copyright page
    • Contents
    • Preface
    • Problem sets
    • Facilitator notes
    • Teaching notes
    • Mathematical overview
    • Solutions
    • Back Cover
  • Additional Material
     
     
  • Requests
     
     
    Review Copy – for publishers of book reviews
    Accessibility – to request an alternate format of an AMS title
Volume: 12015; 157 pp
MSC: Primary 00

Designed for precollege teachers by a collaborative of teachers, educators, and mathematicians, Probability through Algebra is based on a course offered in the Summer School Teacher Program at the Park City Mathematics Institute.

But this book isn't a “course” in the traditional sense. It consists of a carefully sequenced collection of problem sets designed to develop several interconnected mathematical themes, and one of the goals of the problem sets is for readers to uncover these themes for themselves.

The specific themes developed in Probability through Algebra introduce readers to the algebraic properties of expected value and variance through analysis of games, to the use of generating functions and formal algebra as combinatorial tools, and to some applications of these ideas to questions in probabilistic number theory.

Probability through Algebra is a volume of the book series “IAS/PCMI—The Teacher Program Series” published by the American Mathematical Society. Each volume in that series covers the content of one Summer School Teacher Program year and is independent of the rest.

Titles in this series are co-published with the Institute for Advanced Study/Park City Mathematics Institute.

Readership

In-service secondary school teachers; students training to become secondary school teachers.

  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Problem sets
  • Facilitator notes
  • Teaching notes
  • Mathematical overview
  • Solutions
  • Back Cover
Review Copy – for publishers of book reviews
Accessibility – to request an alternate format of an AMS title
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