Arcadia Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) My 6 year old is interested in Hamiltonian Cycles and the Konigsberg bridges problem. What book would be simple enough for him to read for leisure? ETA: kids play sprouts on the iPad and are trying to win the computer ETA: found a pdf on Networks and on Critical Path Analysis and thought I'll just add on for anyone interested next time. Edited September 29, 2012 by Arcadia in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in Richmond Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I'm not sure that there's any book on networks aimed specifically at youngsters, but your son might be able to get something out of these resources depending on his level (or you could make a nice parent-child investigation out of them): Jacob's Mathematics: A Human Endeavor has a nice lesson in the back of the book on networks, motivated by the Konigsberg bridge problem. You can read most of it on google books here starting on p 611. Michael Serra's Discovering Geometry, 1993 edition, from Key Curriculum Press has an especially nice discovery learning "special project" on traveling networks, also based on the seven bridges problem. His newer editions don't seem to have the same section, but I found a bit of it online here (Exploration: The Seven Bridges of Konigsberg, pp 7-8) and here (Project: Euler's Formula for Networks, p 23). I also found a longer chapter on Network Math which appears to be accessible to motivated kids. Not sure if any of this is of help to you.:001_smile: I have no idea what Sprouts on the iPad is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) We used to have a bunch of the OOP Young Math books and I sold them > a year ago...can't remember if this one will help. The Young Math books are in general, simply brilliant. They present many different higher level math concepts in digestible bites for kids aged 4-8. ETA: Also check out this search results page on NRich Maths. Edited September 28, 2012 by quark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 I have no idea what Sprouts on the iPad is! Thanks. The discovery geometry book would be about their level. Sprouts was a game invented by Mathematician John Conway in 1967. It is based on graph theory. My boys are playing the free ipad version. The Young Math books are in general, simply brilliant. . Thanks. Our usual library doesn't have it so I'll get hubby to check on link+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 The Young Math books are in general, simply brilliant. They present many different higher level math concepts in digestible bites for kids aged 4-8. Amazon thanks you :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quark Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 :lol: I blame Julie Brennan of Living Math for my math lit addiction. These books have great resale value in the homeschool market though so I can't complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serendipitous journey Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Amazon thanks you :tongue_smilie: okay, Quark, Amazon thanks you x2. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 In case anyone else have a child interested in graph theory, the lecture notes for graph theory put out by Princeton University's Math Alive is useful. The Math Alive program also have lecture notes for Prob & Stats, Crytography http://web.math.princeton.edu/math_alive/5/index.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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