MASS selecta : teaching and learning advanced undergraduate mathematics / Svetlana Katok, Alexei Sossinsky, Serge Tabachnikov, editors.

Other author Katok, Svetlana.
Other author Sosinskiĭ, A. B. (Alekseĭ Bronislavovich)
Other author Tabachnikov, Sergei, 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoProvidence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, ©2003.
Descriptionvi, 313 pages ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Pennsylvania State University--Curricula.
Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters (Program)
Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher). --Pennsylvania.
Education, Higher--Pennsylvania.

Contents Brief description of MASS program / Svetlana Katok, Serge Tabachnikov -- Teaching in the MASS program / George E. Andrews -- PART I. LECTURE NOTES -- p-adic analysis in comparison with real / Svetlana Katok -- Geometrical methods of mechanics / Mark Levi -- Geometric structures, symmetry and elements of Lie groups / Anatole Katok -- Continued fractions, hyperbolic geometry and quadratic forms / Svetlana Katok -- PART II. MASS COLLOQUIUM -- MASS colloquium / Serge Tabachnikov -- Hilbert's fourth problem in two dimensions / Juan C. Álvarez Paiva -- Integral lexicographic codes / John Conway -- Classification of finite simple groups / Edward Formanek -- Billiard balls count [pi] / Gregory Galperin -- Rep-tiles revisited / Viorel Niţicǎ -- Fractals and dynamics / Yakov Pesin -- Unprovable theorems and fast-growing functions / Stephen G. Simpson -- Minimal surfaces and random walks / Alexei B. Sossinsky -- Tale of a geometric inequality / Serge Tabachnikov -- PART III. STUDENT RESEARCH PAPERS -- Summer REU program at Penn State / Moisey Guysinsky -- Partitions of n and connected triangles / Sharon Chuba -- Triangles gone wild / Joshua Kantor, Maksim Maydanskiy -- Determinacy of games / Alice Medvedev -- On the nonexistence of odd perfect numbers / John Voight -- APPENDICES: -- Appendix 1. MASS and REU courses and instructors -- Appendix 2. MASS colloquia -- Appendix 3. MASS and REU participants.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2003045185
ISBN0821833634 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780821833636 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QA13.5.P4 P466 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold