Books with math problems
... One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi and Demi Arithme-tickle : an even number of odd riddle-rhymes / J. Patrick Lewis ; illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. The grapes of math : mind stretching math riddles / by Greg Tang ; illustrated by Harry Briggs. Math appeal : mind-stretching math ri ...
... One Grain Of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi and Demi Arithme-tickle : an even number of odd riddle-rhymes / J. Patrick Lewis ; illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. The grapes of math : mind stretching math riddles / by Greg Tang ; illustrated by Harry Briggs. Math appeal : mind-stretching math ri ...
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... Question C: How many triangulations does a convex (n+2)-gon have? (Note: This is an (n+2)-gon, not an (n+1)-gon as in section 7.6.) Let A_n = answer to question A, B_n = answer to question B, and C_n = answer to question C. Answer: A_n = B_n = C_n = (2n choose n) / (n+1) = the nth Catalan number. T ...
... Question C: How many triangulations does a convex (n+2)-gon have? (Note: This is an (n+2)-gon, not an (n+1)-gon as in section 7.6.) Let A_n = answer to question A, B_n = answer to question B, and C_n = answer to question C. Answer: A_n = B_n = C_n = (2n choose n) / (n+1) = the nth Catalan number. T ...
Mathematical optimization
In mathematics, computer science and operations research, mathematical optimization (alternatively, optimization or mathematical programming) is the selection of a best element (with regard to some criteria) from some set of available alternatives.In the simplest case, an optimization problem consists of maximizing or minimizing a real function by systematically choosing input values from within an allowed set and computing the value of the function. The generalization of optimization theory and techniques to other formulations comprises a large area of applied mathematics. More generally, optimization includes finding ""best available"" values of some objective function given a defined domain (or a set of constraints), including a variety of different types of objective functions and different types of domains.