02994nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10722436 CaPaEBR m o u cr cn||||||||| 080925s2009 dcua s 001 0 eng d 2008938215 0883857502 9780883857502 9781614441014 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)792737379 QA37 .W29 2009eb 515 22 Wall, H. S. (Hubert Stanley), 1902-1971. Creative mathematics [electronic resource] / H.S. Wall. Rev. ed. Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, 2009. xx, 195 p. : ill. Classroom resource materials Includes index. Short biography of H.S. Wall -- Numbers -- Ordered number pairs -- Slope -- Combinations of simple graphs -- Theorems about simple graphs -- The simple graphs of trigonometry -- The integral -- Computation formulas obtained by means of the integral -- Simple graphs made to order -- More about integrals -- Simple surfaces -- Successive approximations -- Linear spaces of simple graphs -- More about linear spaces -- Mechanical systems -- Integral tables -- Index of simple graphs -- Glossary of definitions. "Professor H.S. Wall wrote Creative Mathematics with the intention of leading students to develop their mathematical abilities, helping them learn the art of mathematics, and teaching them to create mathematical ideas. Creative Mathematics, according to Wall, "is not a compendium of mathematical facts and inventions to be read over as a connoisseur of art looks over paintings. It is, instead, a sketchbook in which readers try their hands at mathematical discovery." The book is self-contained and assumes little formal mathematical background on the part of the reader. Wall is earnest about developing mathematical creativity and independence in students. Wall developed Creative Mathematics over a period of many years of working with students at the University of Texas at Austin. In fewer than 200 pages, he takes the reader on a stimulating tour starting with numbers and then moving on to simple graphs, the integral, simple surfaces, successive approximations, linear spaces of simple graphs, and concluding with mechanical systems. The student who has worked through Creative Mathematics will come away with heightened mathematical maturity."--P. [4] of cover. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Mathematical analysis. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Classroom resource materials (Unnumbered) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10722436 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 153569 153569