| Hardcover ISBN: | 978-0-9993428-1-7 |
| Product Code: | XYZ/31 |
| List Price: | $59.95 |
| AMS Member Price: | $47.96 |
| Hardcover ISBN: | 978-0-9993428-1-7 |
| Product Code: | XYZ/31 |
| List Price: | $59.95 |
| AMS Member Price: | $47.96 |
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Book DetailsXYZ SeriesVolume: 31; 2018; 340 ppMSC: Primary 00; 97
The main areas covered are: (1) telescoping sums and products in algebra and trigonometry; (2) the use of complex numbers and de Moivre's formula; (3) Abel's summation formula; (4) mathematical induction; (5) combinatorial identities; and (6) multiplicative functions and the use of Möbius function.
The theory is presented together with rich examples. At the end, readers are invited to solve problems from a list of 125 questions divided into three levels.
A publication of XYZ Press. Distributed in North America by the American Mathematical Society.
ReadershipStudents who participate in mathematics competitions at the AIME and USAMO levels, their teachers, and anyone with an interest in mathematics.
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This is a very nice problem book for budding mathematicians and mathematical contest aficionados...This is obviously an excellent training manual in learning to work with sums and products. Even casual readers like myself can learn much from it.
Jeff Ibbotson, MAA Reviews
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The main areas covered are: (1) telescoping sums and products in algebra and trigonometry; (2) the use of complex numbers and de Moivre's formula; (3) Abel's summation formula; (4) mathematical induction; (5) combinatorial identities; and (6) multiplicative functions and the use of Möbius function.
The theory is presented together with rich examples. At the end, readers are invited to solve problems from a list of 125 questions divided into three levels.
A publication of XYZ Press. Distributed in North America by the American Mathematical Society.
Students who participate in mathematics competitions at the AIME and USAMO levels, their teachers, and anyone with an interest in mathematics.
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This is a very nice problem book for budding mathematicians and mathematical contest aficionados...This is obviously an excellent training manual in learning to work with sums and products. Even casual readers like myself can learn much from it.
Jeff Ibbotson, MAA Reviews
