Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics [Paperback]

Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics is not only educational, it is inspirational. This distinguished mathematician captivates the young readers, propelling them to search for solutions of lifes problemsproblems that previously seemed hopeless.

Review from the first edition:

The etudes presented here are not simply those of Czerny, but are better compared to the etudes of Chopin, not only technically demanding and addressed to a variety of specific skills, but at the same time possessing an exceptional beauty that characterizes the best of art...Keep this book at hand as you plan your next problem solving seminar.

The American Mathematical Monthly

Geometric Etudes in Combinatorial Mathematics is not only educational, it is inspirational. This distinguished mathematician captivates the young readers, propelling them to search for solutions of lifes problemsproblems that previously seemed hopeless.The book provides supplementary reading materials to students at various levels interested in pursuing mathematics, especially in algebra, geometry, or combinatorial geometry.A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas. A painter makes patterns with shapes and colours, a poet with words. A painter may embody an idea, but the idea is usually commonplace and unimportant. In poetry, ideas count for a great deal more; but as Housman insisted, the importance of ideas in poetry is habitually exaggerated... A mathematician, on the other hand, has no material to work with but ideas, and so his patterns are likely to last longer, since ideas wear less with time than words. The mathematicians patterns, like the painters or the poets, must be beautiful; the ideas, like the colors or the words, must ?t together in a harmonious way. Beauty l#