More Fallacies, Flaws & Flimflam

(Spectrum) 

 Edward Barbeau

The Mathematical Association of America | 2013 | páginas | rar - pdf |966 kb

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Mistakes in mathematical reasoning can range from outlandish blunders to deep and subtle oversights that evade even the most watchful eye. This book represents the second collection of such errors to be compiled by Edward Barbeau. Like Barbeau's previous book, Mathematical Fallacies, Flaws and Flimflam, material is drawn from a variety of sources including the work of students, textbooks, the media, and even professional mathematicians. The errors presented here serve both to entertain, and to emphasize the need to subject even the most "obvious" assertions to rigorous scrutiny, as intuition and facile reasoning can often be misleading. Each item is carefully analysed and the source of the error is exposed. All students and teachers of mathematics, from school to university level, will find this book both enlightening and entertaining.

Contents
Arithmetic
School algebra
Geometry
Limits, sequences and series
Differential calculus
Integral calculus
Combinatorics
Probability and statistics
Complex analysis
Linear and modern algebra
Miscellaneous

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Challenging mathematics in and beyond the classroom : the 16th ICMI study por Edward Barbeau; P J Taylor; International Commission on Mathematical Instruction.; Idioma: Inglês   Editora: New York ; London : Springer, ©2009.

Mathematical fallacies, flaws, and flimflam por Edward Barbeau Idioma: Inglês   Editora: Washington, DC : Mathematical Association of America, ©2000.

Five hundred mathematical challenges por Edward Barbeau; Murray S Klamkin; W O J Moser Idioma: Inglês   Editora: [Washington, DC] : Mathematical Association of America, ©1995.