New MAA Book: Creative Mathematics

Creative Mathematics
H.S. Wall
216 pp., hardbound, 2009. Series: Classroom Resource Materials
ISBN: 978-0-88385-750-2
 
H.S. Wall (1902-1971) developed Creative Mathematics over a period of many years working with undergraduate students at the University of Texas, Austin. Wall's aim was to lead students to develop their mathematical abilities, to help them learn the art of mathematics, and to teach them to create mathematical ideas. Reflecting that approach, Creative Mathematics is a sketchbook in which readers try their hands at mathematical discovery.

Wall takes readers on a stimulating tour starting with numbers, then moving on to simple graphs, the integral, simple surfaces, successive approximations, linear spaces of simple graphs, and concluding with mechanical systems. The book is self-contained and assumes little formal mathematical background on the part of the reader.

This book is a newly revised edition of the Educational Advancement Foundation's 2006 publication.

Contents:
Preface; Short Biography of H.S. Wall; 1. Numbers; 2. Ordered Number Pairs; 3. Slope; 4. Combinations of Simple Graphs; 5. Theorems about Simple Graphs; 6. The Simple Graphs of Trigonometry; 7. The Integral; 8. Computation Formulas Obtained by Means of the Integral; 9. Simple Graphs Made to Order; 10. More about Integrals; 11. Simple Surfaces; 12. Successive Approximations; 13. Linear Spaces of Simple Graphs; 14. More about Linear Spaces; 15. Mechanical Systems; Integral Tables; Index of Simple Graphs; Glossary of Definitions.

Order Creative Mathematics from the MAA Bookstore or call 1.800.331.1622.
List: $52.95
MAA Member Price: $42.50