- Finalize your Must Know Facts document and place a final copy of it in pdf form in Dropbox by the start of class on Thursday.
- Know the Must-Know Facts and be prepared to solve problems quickly using them in class on Thursday.
- Finish Reading Section 4.3 in Zeitz.
Math 479: The Art of Problem Solving
Must Know Facts – Thursday, Dec 8, 2022
Math 479 Online
Course Handouts and References
- Non-lecture Notes – not a lot here, since it isn’t a lecture style course. But what we do cover will be listed here. (old notes)
- Course Syllabus – Yes, even this course has to have a syllabus.
- Answer Form – for handing in the answers to your homework assignments that have short answers or multiple choice.
- MATHCOUNTS Playbook – Coach Monks’s Playbook used for coaching his Mathletes (also available in black and white for printing)
- High School Playbook – the extension of the MATHCOUNTS Playbook to include more facts relevant to high school level competitions by Ken G. Monks and Maria Monks (also available in black and white for printing)
- Left to Right Subtraction How to subtract the (left to) right way. (An excerpt from an upcoming book I’m writing for MATHCOUNTS students.)
- Proofs – notes and handouts from my Math 299 course on mathematical proofs
Zoom Classroom
- Math 479 Online Classroom Our home away from home (or at home, whatever the case may be). Click the link above to enter our Zoom classroom.
- Zoom help – Zoom for Scranton students, how to install, how to use, documentation.
LaTeX and Overleaf
- LaTeX Homework Template – click this link to start a new assignment.
- Documentation for our LaTeX Homework Template – a sample document illustrating the features of our assignment style
- Overleaf LaTeX Documentation – a nice general help file and reference guide to using LaTeX.
References by other authors
- Art of Problem Solving – the center of the universe for all things related to problem solving mathematics!
- MATHCOUNTS Vocabulary – from the MATHCOUNTS handbook
- Allowable forms of Answers – from the MATHCOUNTS handbook
- All of Math in Three Pages – from mandelbrot.org, the Mandelbrot competition website
- Notes on Euclidean Geometry – by Kiran Kedlaya
- Notes on Inequalities – by Kiran Kedlaya
- Notes on Polynomials – by John Kennedy
- Online Graph Theory Tutorial – by Chris Caldwell
- Olympiad Problems – a collection of problems and solutions from international Olympiads by Walter Mientka
- Olympiad Problems – another collection of problems and solutions from international Olympiads by Walter Mientka
- Power Putnam Preparation by David C. Wright
- Putnam Preparation Practice and Tips by Ravi Vakil
- Putnam Preparation Tips by Michael Helms
- Overleaf – free online LaTeX editor