TY  - BOOK
AU  - Briggs, William
TI  - Ants, bikes, & clocks : : problem solving for undergraduates
SN  - 9780898715743
AV  - QA63 
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - USA
PB  - SIAM
N1  - 1. Introduction
2. A problem solving framework
3. Problem solving strategies
4. How do you do it?
5. Parts of the whole
6. A world of change
7. At any rate
8. Difference equations
9. Insight and computing
10. Take a chance
11. Toward modeling
12. Solutions
N2  - Ants, Bikes, and Clocks: Problem Solving for Undergraduates is a readable and enjoyable text designed to strengthen the problem-solving skills of undergraduate students. The book, which provides hundreds of mathematical problems, gives special emphasis to problems in context, often called story problems or modeling problems, that require mathematical formulation as a preliminary step. Both analytical and computational approaches, as well as the interplay between them, are included. This engaging book will strengthen students' mathematical skills, introduce them to new mathematical ideas, demonstrate the connectedness of mathematics, and improve both their analytical and computational problem solving. Students are encouraged to use the computer, or any tool at hand, for experimentation or to test their ideas
ER  -