Street-Fighting Mathematics The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving
An antidote to mathematical rigor mortis, teaching how to guess answers without needing a proof or an exact calculation.In problem solving, as in street fighting, rules are for fools: do whatever works-don't just stand there! Yet we often fear an unjustified leap even though it may land us on a...
Saved in:
Main Author: | Mahajan, Sanjoy (auth) |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Cambridge
The MIT Press
2010
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Street-Fighting Mathematics The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving
by: Mahajan, Sanjoy
Published: (2010) -
Students' Collaborative Problem Solving in Mathematics Classrooms An Empirical Study
Published: (2024) -
Complex Problem Solving Beyond the Psychometric Approach
by: Magda Osman
Published: (2018) -
Kulturen des Entscheidens Narrative - Praktiken - Ressourcen (Edition 1)
by: Wagenknecht, Katherin
Published: (2018) -
Chapter Intimacy/integrity A framework for thinking about epistemological styles in design activity
by: Guersenzvaig, Ariel
Published: (2023)