Polya's prescription for solving problems consists of four steps: Understanding the problem. (Recognizing what is asked for.) Devising a plan. (Responding. - size 9K - 23 Aug 96
Understanding Mathematics by Peter Alfeld, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah. G. Polya, How to Solve It. Summary taken from G. Polya,... - size 7K - 17 Oct 96
Polya's Preface. from the first printing of How to Solve It! A great discovery solves a great problem but there is a grain of discovery in the solution of. - - size 2K - 21 Aug 96
Your ToolKit. Adapted from How to Solve It. Many people are surprised when they discover that problem solving is a skill that they are able to... - size 3K - 13 Jan 97
George Pólya. Born: 13 Dec 1887 in Budapest, Hungary Died: 7 Sept 1985 in Palo Alto, California, USA. Show birthplace location Previous...c - size 4K - 25 Feb 97c
Polya, G.: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning: 2. Patterns of Plausible Inference. G. Polya. Princeton University Press [1954] 200 p. ISBN: 0-691-08006-2. - size 483 bytes - 15 Mar 96
A thread from the Geometry Forum newsgroup archive. Learning & Mathematics (Polya)Back to geometry.college || Search topics || All Newsgroups. Learning &.. - size 4K - 6 Mar 97
Pólya's random walk constants. Let L denote the d-dimensional cubic lattice whose vertices are precisely all integer points in d-dimensional space.. - size 6K - 23 Dec 96
Next: Graphs that look Up: Questions raised by Previous: Rayleigh and resonance. Questions about Polya's theorem. This section records an imaginary dialog. - size 15K - 17 Sep 94
School of Mathematical Sciences. Polya Prize for Prof D.E. Edmunds. David Edmunds, Professor of Mathematics, has been awarded the prestigious 1996 Polya... - size 2K - 10 Jan 97
Collected by Emil Zahner, May 1997, page updated September 2001
