Street-Fighting Mathematics : The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving /

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"In Street-Fighting Mathematics, Sanjoy Mahajan builds, sharpens, and demonstrates tools for educated guessing and down-and-dirty, opportunistic problem solving across diverse fields of knowledge - from mathematics to management. Mahajan describes six tools: dimensional analysis, easy cases, lu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mahajan, Sanjoy, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Problem solving.
Hypothesis.
Estimation theory.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
Theorie de l'estimation.
Hypothese.
Resolution de probleme.
Problem Solving
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 Dimensions
  • 2 Easy cases
  • 3 Lumping
  • 4 Pictorial proofs
  • 5 Taking out the big part
  • 6 Analogy
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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