Problem solving methods and strategies in high school mathematical competitions /
Bin Xiong and Yijie He ; translated by Yongming Liu.
- xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Mathematical Olympiad series, Vol. 21 1793-8570 ; .
Methods of reduction -- Proofs by contradiction -- Inductive methods -- The drawer principle -- Inclusion-Exclusion principle -- Extreme principle -- Parity -- Area Methods -- Thinking Globally -- Proper representation -- Combine numbers and figures -- Correspondence and pairing -- Recurrence -- Colouring -- Assignment methods -- Calculate in two ways -- Stepwise adjustment -- Methods of construction -- Invariants and Monovariants -- Graph theory methods.
"A study guide explaining important methods, strategies, and basic principles in solving problems in mathematical competitions through many example questions"--
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Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc. Mathematics--Competitions.