Math

• Christian Goldbach


  Conjecture
• Pierre De Fermat

  Fermat's Last Theorem
• George Polya


  Polya's 4 steps in problem solving
• Karl Friedrich Gauss


  Mathematical Prodigy
• G. H. Hardy


  Study of Patterns
• Howard Gams

  Sudoku
• Tetsuya Miyamoto

  KenKen Puzzle
• Finding a solution to a problem which is acted upon in some steps.

  Problem Solving
• Process of forming conclusion or inferences based on facts or premises


  Reasoning
• Forming general conclusion based on observing specific exapmles

  Inductive Reasoning
• Statement or idea which is unproven but needs proof in order to be validated

  Conjecture
• Process of reaching a conclusion by applying general assumptions, procedures or principle.


  Deductive Reasoning
• Polya's Problem-Solving Method


  Understand, Plan, Execute, Check
• Step 1 in polyas method

  Understand the problem
• Step 2 in polyas method

  Plan a strategy for solving the problem
• Step 3 in polyas method

  Execute your strategy, revise it if necessary
• Step 4 in polyas method


  Check and interpret your result
• Ordered list of numbers

  Sequence
• number in a sequence (separated by commas)

  Term
• nth term of a sequence is denoted as an

  general term
• called arithmetic sequence: an = a1 + (n-1) D

  Linear Sequence
• arrangement of equally spaced points that from polygons

  polygonal or figuratenumbers
• recreational problems


  intellectual challenges often associated with puzzles