How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method (Princeton Science Library)

基本信息

Series:Princeton Science Library

Format:Paperback 288 pages, 31 line illus.

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Imprint:Princeton University Press

ISBN:9780691164076

Published:26 Oct 2014

Weight:255g

Dimensions:216 x 140 x 23(mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

《怎样解题：数学思维的新方法》这本经久不衰的畅销书出自一位数学家G·波利亚的手笔，虽然它讨论的是数学中发现和发明的方法和规律，但是对在其他任何领域中怎样进行正确思维都有明显的指导作用。本书围绕“探索法”这一主题，采用明晰动人的散文笔法，阐述了求得一个证明或解出一个未知数的数学方法怎样可以有助于解决任何“推理”性问题——从建造一座桥到猜出一个字谜。一代又一代的读者尝到了本书的甜头，他们在本书的指导下，学会了怎样摒弃不相干的东西，直捣问题的心脏。

A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight. In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reasoned" out—from building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have relished Polya's deft—indeed, brilliant—instructions on stripping away irrelevancies and going straight to the heart of the problem.

作者简介

G·波利亚（1887—1985）美国数学家和数学教育家。生于匈牙利布达佩斯。1912年获布达佩斯大学博士学位。1914年至1940年在瑞士苏黎世工业大学任数学助理教授、副教授和教授，1928年后任数学系主任。1940年移居美国，历任布朗大学和斯坦福大学的教授。1976年当选美国科学院院士。还是匈牙利科学院、法兰西科学院、比利时布鲁塞尔哲学科学院和美国艺术和科学学院的院士。其数学研究涉及复变函数、概率论、数论、数学分析、组合数学等众多领域。1937年提出的波利亚计数定理是组合数学的重要工具。长期从事数学教学，对数学思维的一般规律有深入的研究，这方面的名著有《怎样解题》、《数学的发现》、《数学与猜想》等，它们被译成多种文字，广为流传。

George Polya (1887–1985) was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. His basic research contributions span complex analysis, mathematical physics, probability theory, geometry, and combinatorics. He was a teacher par excellence who maintained a strong interest in pedagogical matters throughout his long career. Even after his retirement from Stanford University in 1953, he continued to lead an active mathematical life. He taught his final course, on combinatorics, at the age of ninety.

John H. Conway (1937-2020) was professor emeritus of mathematics at Princeton University. He was awarded the London Mathematical Society's Polya Prize in 1987. He was interested in many branches of mathematics and invented a successor to Polya's notation for crystallographic groups.