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[PDF READ ONLINE] Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic

13 minutes ago - <br><br>Copy Link https://uyahsegoro.blogspot.com/?book=B08BSX4BR5<br> | [PDF READ ONLINE] Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving <br><br><br>| This practical guide to educated guessing in mathematics will show you how to find answers to partly-defined problems&#8212 without needing proof or an exact calculation. In problem solving, as in street fighting, rules are for fools: do whatever works&#8212 don&#8217 t just stand there! Yet we ofte

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[PDF READ ONLINE] Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic

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  1. Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving This practical guide to educated guessing in mathematics will show you how to find answers to partly-defined problems&#8212without needing proof or an exact calculation. In problem solving, as in street fighting, rules are for fools: do whatever works&#8212don&#8217t just stand there! Yet we often fear an unjustified leap even though it may land us on a correct result. Traditional mathematics teaching is largely about solving exactly stated problems exactly, yet life often hands us partly defined problems needing only moderately accurate solutions. This engaging book is an antidote to the rigor mortis brought on by too much mathematical rigor, teaching us how to guess answers without needing a proof or an exact calculation. In Street-Fighting Mathematics, Sanjoy Mahajan builds, sharpens, and demonstrates tools for educated guessing and down-and-dirty, opportunistic problem solving across diverse fields of knowledge&#8212from mathematics to management. Mahajan describes 6 tools: &nbsp&#8226Dimensional Analysis &#8226&nbspEasy Cases &#8226&nbspLumping &#8226&nbspPicture Proofs &#8226&nbspSuccessive Approximation &#8226&nbspReasoning by Analogy &nbspIllustrating each tool with numerous examples, he carefully separates the tool&#8212the general principle&#8212from the particular application so that the reader can most easily grasp the tool itself to use on problems of particular interest. &nbspStreet- Fighting Mathematics grew out of a short course taught by the author at MIT for students ranging from first-year

  2. undergraduates to graduate students ready for careers in physics, mathematics, management, electrical engineering, computer science, and biology. They benefited from an approach that avoided rigor and taught them how to use mathematics to solve real problems.

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