Math 479: The Art of Problem Solving

Course Handouts and References

• Course Syllabus
• Answer Form – for handing in the answers to your homework assignments that have short answers or multiple choice.
• Non-lecture Notes – not a lot here, since it isn’t a lecture style course.  But what we do cover will be listed here.
• Training Log – a spreadsheet that you should use for your training log. If you don’t have Excel, you can install the free Open Office program.
• 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

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

Math Contest Websites