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Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: January 30th, 2018, 2:12 pm
by DominicConnor
Looking for a book on  Mathamtical Problem Solving the smarter end of undergrads ?

Re: Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: January 30th, 2018, 3:03 pm
by Alan
There is a well-known one by Polya

Re: Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: January 30th, 2018, 5:02 pm
by Cuchulainn
There is a well-known one by Polya
I agree. And Polya's heuristics are good

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_So ... Heuristics

Gets you thinking in a certain way. From different angles.

You could take a precise mathematical problem and ask the undergrad to apply the heuristics to it.

Re: Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: February 21st, 2018, 11:38 am
by Nimbus3000
I like this one

Re: Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: March 28th, 2018, 4:32 pm
by Cuchulainn
Yaglom is a nice treatment of solving geometric problems using transformations. 

It's a kind of eye-opener.


Re: Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: May 14th, 2018, 4:39 pm
by GPRW
For what kind of mathematics? Mathematical Finance? You can check out the "Problems and Solutions of Mathematical Finance" series, four-volume.

Re: Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: May 14th, 2018, 8:46 pm
by Cuchulainn
For what kind of mathematics? 
Mathematics mathematics.

Mathematical Finance is the application of maths to finance, yes? As such, it is methods and not necessarily a test of raw mathematical skills IMO.
Of course, nothing wrong with that, but I don't think that is what Dominic is asking. I could be wrong.

Re: Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: May 15th, 2018, 3:02 am
by GPRW
Well, if you want to practice Mathematical Finance problems, I recommend you the four-volume "Problems and Solutions of Mathematical Finance" series. Very good.

Re: Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: May 18th, 2018, 9:30 am
by Cuchulainn
What about this brainwave to compute greeks?

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3de7/e ... 7aaae9.pdf

Re: Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: June 3rd, 2018, 2:50 pm
by frolloos
Is this any good? It sounds good, sounds like a naughty book:


Re: Mathamtical Problem Solving Book recommendation ?

Posted: June 3rd, 2018, 6:50 pm
by Cuchulainn
There's nothing naughty about Riemann integrals. Believe me. Cauchy integrals are more challenging.