Functions and Graphs: A Clever Study Guide by James TantonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Volume 29 in the AMS/MAA Problem Books series (https://bookstore.ams.org/PRB) contains more than the expected content related to problem-solving and enlightening approaches for teaching or study. Teachers of secondary mathematics or first-year college algebra will find ready classroom capsules on functions and their graphs. For a student, these lessons offer revealing insights into the subject in ways different from and more broadly illuminating than most textbooks. Sandwiched between this content and concluding each chapter is a thorough analysis of solving a problem from a past year in the MAA American Mathematics Competitions program (https://www.maa.org/math-competitions). Following that are related AMC problems. This completes the chapter format of engaging subject review, hallmark problem solution, and additional problems with the previously published solution at the back of the book. […]
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