Mathematics as Problem Solving

by Alexander Soifer

This collection of elementary problems varies in difficulty level. It is designed to teach students mathematical concepts and techniques.

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What the reviewers say

• Martin Gardner from the back cover
  • "Professor Soifer has put together a splendid collection of elementary problems designed to lead students into significant mathematical concepts and techniques. Highly recommended."
    
    
• Paul Erdös from the back cover
  • "The book contains a very nice collection of problems of various difficulty. I particularly liked the problems on combinatorics and geometry."
    
    
• Cecil Rousseau from The American Mathematical Monthly, 95(1988)464-465
  • "Alexander Soifer is a teacher of problem solving and his book, Mathematics as Problem Solving, is designed to introduce problem solving to the next generation."
    
    
• George Berzseny from the back cover
  • "The problems faithfully reflect the world famous Russian school of mathematics, whose folklore is carefully interwoven with more traditional topics."
    
    
• R. W. Whitworth from The Mathematical Gazette, 72(1988)337
  • "To assemble so much material of the type used in Mathematical Olympiads, which has been tried and tested there, is unusual. To then present it in a form which develops themes, supported by relevant examples and problems for the reader, does the author great credit."

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