Putnam and Beyond takes the reader on a journey through the world of college mathematics, focusing on some of the most important concepts and results in the theories of polynomials, linear algebra, real analysis in one and several variables, differential equations, coordinate geometry, trigonometry, elementary number theory, combinatorics, and probability. Using the W.L. Putnam Mathematical Competition for undergraduates as an inspiring symbol to build an appropriate math background for graduate studies in pure or applied mathematics, the reader is eased into transitioning from problem-solving at the high school level to the university and beyond, that is, to mathematical research.pKey features of Putnam and Beyondp* Preliminary material provides an overview of common methods of proof: argument by contradiction, mathematical induction, pigeonhole principle, ordered sets, and invariants.p* Each chapter systematically presents a single subject within which problems are clustered in every section according to the specific topic.p* The exposition is driven by more than 1100 problems and examples chosen from numerous sources from around the world; many original contributions come from the authors.p* Complete solutions to all problems are given at the end of the book. The source, author, and historical background are cited whenever possible.pThis work may be used as a study guide for the Putnam exam, as a text for many different problem-solving courses, and as a source of problems for standard courses in undergraduate mathematics. Putnam and Beyond is organized for self-study by undergraduate and graduate students, as well as teachers and researchers in the physical scienceswho wish to to expand their mathematical horizons.From the reviews:pThis work contains carefully selected problems in Algebra, Real Analysis, Geometry and Trigonometry, Number Theory and Combinatorics and Probability. a ] The book is mainly intended to offer the principal skills and tech@N€

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If you ever said ‘I’m no good at numbers, ‘ this book can change your life , said Gloria Steinem of the first edition of Overcoming Math Anxiety in 1978. And lives were changed. Sheila Tobias said it first: mathematics avoidance is not a failure of intellect, but a failure of nerve. To thousands who once thought they were too dumb in math to do anything about it, Tobias’s political and psychological analysis brought hope. Her pioneering efforts to take the sting out of math made math anxiety a household word. What makes Overcoming Math Anxiety different from books like Innumeracy or Math Made Easy is the author’s role and purpose. Neither a mathematician nor a math teacher, Tobias positions herself on the side of her readers. She knows what they are thinking, because she thinks that way herself. I was always trying to turn math expressions into words .. . she says. The first time I saw negative numbers, I felt confused .. . While her analysis of the causes of their math anxiety (the moment when their third-grade teacher made them stay at the blackboard hunting vainly for their mistake) is an important focus, most of all Tobias wants her readers to face up to the cost of math avoidance in their lives. Why is a smart girl like you counting on your fingers? If you could do math, what else could you do? The new edition retains the author’s pungent analysis of what makes math hard for otherwise successful people and how women, more than men, become victims of a gendered view of math. The chapters on Mathematics and Sex and Right- and Wrongheadedness have been substantially updated to incorporate new research which demonstrates how little we really know about sex differences in brain organization and function. The hands-on experience in Word-Problem Solving , Everyday Math , and Sunday Math have been enlarged to include problems, puzzles, and strategies tried out in hundreds of math anxiety workshops Tobias and her colleagues have sponsored and observed in the past fifteen years. The programs described in detail in the last chapter are all new and include programs for women only, and those with substantial appeal for adults of both sexes returning to school for the training they need to get ahead. What remains unchanged is the author’s politics. Indeed, she sees math anxiety as a political issue. So long as people believe themselves to be disabled in mathematics and do not rise up and confront the social and pedagogical origins of their disabilities, they will be denied math mental health . Tobias defines math mental health not as some bottom line of mathematical competence but as the willingness to learn the math you need when you need it . From this perspective, in an ever more technical society, overcoming math anxiety can make the difference between high and low self-esteem, failure and success.

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AiNEW YORK TIMES/iNOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARbrbrThe classic account of the hurdles facing adolescent girls in America–now reissued with a new Foreword, to coincide with the award-winning author’s new book on women and identity.brbrInspired by a study by the American Association of University Women that showed girls’ self-esteem plummeting as they reach adolescence, Peggy Orenstein spent months observing, interviewing, and getting know dozens of girls both inside and outside the classroom at two very different schools in northern California. The result was a groundbreaking book in which she brought the disturbing statistics to life with skill and flair of an experienced journalist.brbrOrenstein plumbs the minds of both boys and girls who have learned to equate masculinity with opportunity and assertiveness, and femininity with reserve and restraint. She demonstrates the cost of this insidious lesson, by taking us into the lives of real young women who are struggling with eating disorders, sexual harassment, and declining academic achievement, especially in math and science. Peggy Orenstein’sbSchoolGirls/bis a classic that belongs on the shelf with the work of Carol Gilligan, Joan Jacobs Brumberg, and Mary Pipher. It continues to be read by all who care about how our schools and our society teach girls to shortchange themselves.”This important book should be read by parents raising children of all ages and of both sexes.” –iNew York Times Book Review/i.brbr”This book is to young girls what bBlack Beauty/bis to horses, what Upton Sinclair’sbThe Jungle/bwas to the processing of meat. To readbSchool Girls/bis to remember — how reluctantly! — what it means to be a girl in junior high.” — Carolyn See,iWashington Post Book World/i.brbr”Orenstein’s study should be required reading ?Ð