例谈“以退求进”法解题策略

著名数学家华罗庚说过:善于退,足够的退,退到最原始而不失去重要的地方,是学好数学的一个诀窍.这里所谓的退,当然不是逃跑,而是养精蓄锐,蓄势待发,是在为进寻求途径,即以退为进.它的实质是借助转化的数学思想,把复杂的问题简单化,运动的问题静止化,高维问题低维化,变量问题常量化,抽象问题具体化,代数问     

空集的自述

我姓空,我的名字叫空集,我是不含任何元素的集合,可谓腹中空空,一无所有,不过你们别小觑我啊,我的本事大着呢!不信,我说出来,别吓你一跳哟!1.特殊的我我是集合大家庭中的一员,不含任何元素的     

真假四边形市长风波

在一个名叫几何的王国里,有一座繁荣的小城—凸多边形城,这里住着各种各样的多边形.城中有一个四边形家族,成员非常多,如不规则的四边形一家,平行四边形一家,梯形一家等等.其中平行四边形一家地位特殊,因为这个凸多边形城市的市长便是那大名鼎鼎、无人不晓的平行四边形.平行四边形处事公平,执政已有多年,在它的带领下,凸多边形城市才发展成为一片欣欣向荣的景象.平日里,平行四边形市长最喜     

聚焦高考平面向量题

一、近几年平面向量考题的特点特点一:考小题,重在基础.有关平面向量的小题,其考查的重点在于基础知识:其中,平面向量数量积、加减运算是考查的重点,有关向量共线,向量垂直,向量的模,坐标运算等内容的试题都突出了对平面向量基础知识的考查.特点二:考大题,与其他知识结合.有关平面向量的大题,经常与三角、圆锥曲线、函数等结合,与三角函数相结合的试题难度不大,属中档题,与圆锥曲线、函数相结合的试题,属中等偏难,主要考查学生对基本知识,基本方法,基本技能的理解,掌握和应用情况.     

依靠自己站起来

以前,在西方的一个国家里,有一个经理,他把所有积蓄全部投资在了一个项目上,但由于世界大战的爆发,他破产了.他认为是他把家人害得没有了一切,于是就离开家人,成了一名流浪汉.他心情非常沮丧,对往事难以释怀,不肯为以后的日子打算,甚至想要自杀.一天,他偶然看到了一本名为《自信心》的书,这本书的内容讲的是人在生活、工作上崩溃了以后,如何重新恢复信心的事.他看后心里又有了一丝希望,想找到作者,请作者帮他再度站起来.     

有得有失 有加有减

正林泽宇说,他的爸爸妈妈经常吵架,他很羡(xiàn)慕(mù)其他同学有温暖和谐的家庭,其实,很多家庭都有不如意的事情,就拿我家来说,我爸爸是做生意的,他经常在全国各地飞来飞去,很少有时间陪我,为此我经常闷闷不乐。昨天早上,爸爸匆匆忙忙地整理好行李就去机场了,谁知过了半天,他又回来了,原来,由于雾太大,航班取消了。     

例说数学思维的困境及其摆脱

思维受挫就是在解题时,按一般的思路介入后,或者浅尝辄止,或者眼花缭乱,或者误入歧途,一错再错,或者前途渺茫,无法推进,就算使尽了浑身解数,左冲右突,终觉“山重水复疑无路”.笔者以为,要修复受挫的思维,只要仔细读题审题,寻找蛛丝马迹,类比联想相关知识点,分析可能的思想方法,探索恰当的思维路径,就会“峰回路转,柳暗花明”.下面举例说明,供同学们参考.     

《高效课堂理论与实践》学术研讨会邀请函

来吧,请到这里来,这里有知音,这里有琴台;来吧,请到这里来,这里有黄鹤,这里有辛亥。来会会你的数学知音,来寻找你的心中至爱;来听听黄鹤的古老传说,来弘扬首义的精神气概。来推动教育改革的新潮,来领略高效课堂的风采;来观摩精英们的科研成果,来见证获奖者的青春光彩;     

纪念李国平老师百年诞辰——支持新兴学科 提倡科研创新

李国平老师是中国科学院首批学部委员(后称院士)。他一生勤于学习,刻苦钻研,对半纯函数论的发展做出了卓越的贡献,写出了许多极具价值的论文和著作,由国内外著名的期刊和出版社登载出版,深受学术界同行的瞩目和关注。李老师精心培育后辈,桃李满天下,50年代他的学生中有四位中科院院士、以及分布在各条战线的众多杰出人材,为国家建设做出各自的贡献,深受人民爱戴。他眼光远大,站     

走出学案导学的误区,打造和谐高效的课堂

近年来,由于学案的方便好用,兼有教案的作用,被许多教师采用.笔者所在的学校适应“减负增效”的新形式,大力推进学案导学,打造高效课堂.但是,在实施学案导学的过程中,由于部分教师对“学案导学”理解不到位,在实施过程中,没有发挥学案应有的效能,走入了一些误区.笔者以一个案例为例,结合自己在实施学案导学过程中的一些体会,谈谈如何走出学案导学的误区,打造和谐高效的课堂.     

Conceptualizations of slope in Mexican intended curriculum

Slope is a fundamental mathematics concept in middle and high school that transcends to the university level. An understanding of slope is needed at the university level since slope plays an important role in understanding problems involving variation and change. In this study Mexican curricula documents were examined to determine which conceptualizations of slope are addressed in the intended mathematics curriculum. To explain the results, we use conceptualizations of slope identified in previous research. Our findings reveal that, to a certain extent, the conceptualizations proposed in the Mexican intended mathematics curriculum differ slightly in terms of the emphasis and timing of instruction from what others have identified in the U.S., with slope as a geometric ratio receiving less emphasis in the Mexican curriculum. There was also noted discontinuity within the Mexican curriculum in introducing slope in grade 9 and subsequently introducing of linear functions in grade 10 without explicit mention of slope. Suggestions are made for future studies, both to consider the conceptualizations of slope promoted in the Mexican textbooks and the impact they have in classroom instruction and student learning of slope.     

Integrating design problems in mathematics curriculum: an architecture college case study

This paper reports an attempt to improve results in the mathematics course in one of the architecture colleges in Israel through practise in applications. The effect of integrating structure design problems in the calculus curriculum on students' achievements and attitudes was examined. The applied topics in the curriculum were connected to calculus topics and studied through problembased learning activities. The integrated curriculum was implemented and the learning results in experimental and control groups were assessed by means of achievement tests, attitude questionnaires and student interviews. The learning achievements in the experimental group proved to be significantly higher than in the control group. The positive impact of learning applications on motivation, understanding, creativity and interest in mathematics is indicated.     

Preface

We are presenting in this volume the collection of extended abstracts of 66 talks that were presented at Combinatorics 2012 in Perugia, Italy. Combinatorics 2012 is the 17th in the series of combinatorics conferences held in Italy, first in 1981, next in 1982 and every two years since then.     

我国制造业背景下质量管理活动的量表开发研究

质量管理的测度是质量管理实证研究的基础,但我国在此领域还处于起步阶段。以重庆市制造业企业为样本,采用基于偏最小二乘法的证实性因子分析方法,对我国制造业企业的质量管理活动进行了实证度量。结论显示,我国制造业企业质量管理活动包含六个方面的主要内容:企业高层的支持、员工的参与、供应商关系、重视客户、产品设计和流程管理。研究给出了具体的我国质量管理活动的测度量表。     

Modeling and simulation of severe slugging in air-water systems including inertial effects

A mathematical model and numerical simulations corresponding to severe slugging in air-water pipeline-riser systems are presented. The mathematical model considers continuity equations for liquid and gas phases, with a simplified momentum equation for the mixture. A drift-flux model, evaluated for the local conditions in the riser, is used as a closure law. In many models appearing in the literature, propagation of pressure waves is neglected both in the pipeline and in the riser. Besides, variations of void fraction in the stratified flow in the pipeline are also neglected and the void fraction obtained from the stationary state is used in the simulations. This paper shows an improvement in a model previously published by the author, including inertial effects. In the riser, inertial terms are taken into account by using the rigid water-hammer approximation. In the pipeline, the local acceleration of the water and gas phases are included in the momentum equations for stratified flow, allowing to calculate the instantaneous values of pressure drop and void fraction. The developed model predicts the location of the liquid accumulation front in the pipeline and the liquid level in the riser, so it is possible to determine which type of severe slugging occurs in the system. A comparison is made with experimental results published in literature including a choke valve and gas injection at the bottom of the riser, showing very good results for slugging cycle and stability maps. Simulations were also made assessing the effect of different strategies to mitigate severe slugging, such as choking, gas injection and increase in separation pressure, showing correct trends.     

Mathematical modelling of social obesity epidemic in the region of Valencia,Spain

In this article, we analyse the incidence of excess weight in 24- to 65-year-old residents in the region of Valencia, Spain, and predict its behaviour in the coming years. In addition, we present some possible strategies to prevent the spread of the obesity epidemic.

We use classical logistic regression analysis to find out that a sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy nutritional habits are the most important causes of obesity in the 24- to 65-year-old population in Valencia. We propose a new mathematical model of epidemiological type to predict the incidence of excess weight in this population in the coming years. Based on the mathematical model sensitivity analysis, some possible general strategies to reverse the increasing trend of obesity are suggested.

The obese population in the region of Valencia is increasing (11.6% in 2000 and 13.48% in 2005) and the future is worrisome. Our model predicts that 15.52% of the population in Valencia will be obese by 2011. Model sensitivity analysis suggests that obesity prevention strategies (healthy advertising campaigns) are more effective than obesity treatment strategies (physical activity) involving the obese and overweight subpopulation in controlling the increase of adulthood obesity in the region of Valencia.     

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Representations of mathematical concepts play an important role in understanding: both in helping learners understand the to-be-learned material and in facilitating teachers’ understanding of pedagogical processes which, in turn, are involved in developing learners’ understanding. In this paper, we report on work with a cohort of pre-service primary teachers, with the aim of developing their understanding of mathematics, their confidence in their subject knowledge and their confidence in teaching mathematics. This was attempted through the introduction and use of a ‘representational approach’ to the teaching of the mathematical concepts required of teachers training to teach in primary schools in the UK. We present the results of attitude measures and a follow-up qualitative questionnaire in identifying whether and how the use of this representational approach supported pre-service teachers’ understanding and their confidence in teaching mathematics. The results suggest that the representational approach used had a positively significant impact on the attitudes towards studying and teaching mathematics.     

Rawlsian altruism with perfect discrimination leads to social efficiency

Recent studies draw attention on the highly specialized capacity of human beings in recognizing altruists versus cheaters in social interactions. These results hint at the existence of specialized abilities that support discriminating behavior in strategic interactions. In this paper, we explore the implications of discriminating behavior in the study of the indirect evolutionary selection of selfish versus altruistic motivations in the context of generic 2×2 base games, and in particular for coordination and cooperation scenarios. We find that inequality averse (Rawlsian) altruism can enforce under rather general conditions socially optimal outcomes, including cases where selfishness cannot, such as in prisoner’s dilemmas. Inequality seeking (Nietzschian) altruism in no case improves upon Rawlsian altruism in terms of social optimality of outcomes, and often does worse. In the cooperation scenario in particular, Nietzschean altruism never manages to implement the cooperative outcome. Under perfect discrimination, moreover, inequality averse (Rawlsian) altruism often evolves at the expense of selfishness. These results suggest that the development of sophisticated discrimination abilities may be strongly adaptive in supporting fairness-oriented forms of pro-sociality in humans in the context of social dilemmas and coordination problems.     

Orlicz型序列空间的暴露性

对赋Luxember范数或Orlicz范数的Orlicz型序列空间,诸如古典的、广义的及参数式的,本文总结、补充、比较列出了暴露点及暴露性的充分必要刻画,并对以往结果中的错误进行了修正,从而在序列空间方面系统地完成了有关暴露性的刻画。     

Academics’ perceptions of the use and relevance of software in quantitative and financial disciplines

Software may be used in university teaching both to enhance student learning of discipline-content knowledge and skills, and to equip students with capabilities that will be useful in their future careers. Although research has indicated that software may be used as an effective way of engaging students and enhancing learning in certain scenarios, relatively little is known about academic practices with regard to the use of software more generally or about the extent to which this software is subsequently used by graduates in the workplace. This article reports on the results of a survey of academics in quantitative and financial disciplines, which is part of a broader study also encompassing recent graduates and employers. Results indicate that a variety of software packages are in widespread use in university programmes in quantitative and financial disciplines. Most surveyed academics believe that the use of software enhances learning and enables students to solve otherwise intractable problems. A majority also rate spreadsheet skills in particular as very important for the employability of graduates. A better understanding of the use of software in university teaching points the way to how curricula can be revised to enhance learning and prepare graduates for professional work.