Induction and analogy in mathematics

Author(s)

• Polya, George

Bibliographic Information

Induction and analogy in mathematics

by G. Polya

（Mathematics and plausible reasoning, v. 1）

Princeton University Press, 1954

• : hbk
• : pbk

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• Mathematics and plausible reasoning.

  v.2 1954

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Note

Bibliography: p. 279-280

Description and Table of Contents

Description

A guide to the practical art of plausible reasoning, this book has relevance in every field of intellectual activity. Professor Polya, a world-famous mathematician from Stanford University, uses mathematics to show how hunches and guesses play an important part in even the most rigorously deductive science. He explains how solutions to problems can be guessed at; good guessing is often more important than rigorous deduction in finding correct solutions. Vol. I, on Induction and Analogy in Mathematics, covers a wide variety of mathematical problems, revealing the trains of thought that lead to solutions, pointing out false bypaths, discussing techniques of searching for proofs. Problems and examples challenge curiosity, judgment, and power of invention.

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Details

• NCID: BA07561134
• ISBN:
  • 0691080054
  • 0691025096
• LCCN: 53006388
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Princeton
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 280 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA9
  • DC : 510.1
  • NDC8 : 410.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mathematics -- Philosophy
  • LCSH : Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA11168026