Introduction to functional equations (Record no. 2720)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780821853146
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Transcribing agency Educational Supplies
Original cataloging agency ICTS-TIFR
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Classification number QA431
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Personal name Efthimiou Costas
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Introduction to functional equations
Remainder of title : theory and problem-solving strategies for mathematical competitions and beyond
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Rhode Island:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. American Mathematical Society,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. [c2011]
300 ## - Physical Description
Pages: 363 p
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement MSRI Mathematical Circles Library
Volume/sequential designation Vol. 6
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Formatted contents note I. Background<br/>II. Basic equations<br/>III. Generalizations<br/>IV. Changing the rules<br/>V. Equations with no parameters<br/>VI. Getting additional experience<br/>VII. Auxiliary material
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Summary, etc. Functions and their properties have been part of the rigorous precollege curriculum for decades. And functional equations have been a favorite topic of the leading national and international mathematical competitions. Yet the subject has not received equal attention by authors at an introductory level. The majority of the books on the topic remain unreachable to the curious and intelligent precollege student. The present book is an attempt to eliminate this disparity.<br/><br/>The book opens with a review chapter on functions, which collects the relevant foundational information on functions, plus some material potentially new to the reader. The next chapter presents a working definition of functional equations and explains the difficulties in trying to systematize the theory. With each new chapter, the author presents methods for the solution of a particular group of equations. Each chapter is complemented with many solved examples, the majority of which are taken from mathematical competitions and professional journals. The book ends with a chapter of unsolved problems and some other auxiliary material. --- summary provided by publisher
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematics
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