Inductive Patterns, Finite Differences, and a Missing Region.

Chinn, Phyllis Zweig

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Publication Date: 1988

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Inductive Patterns, Finite Differences, and a Missing Region.

Chinn, Phyllis Zweig

Mathematics Teacher, v81 n6 p446-49 Sep 1988

Explores the following classical problem: given any 30 points on a circle, join them in pairs by segments in all possible ways. What is the greatest number of nonoverlapping regions into which the interior of the circle can be separated? Presents strategies for solving this problem. (PK)

Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Induction, Logical Thinking, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Patternmaking, Patterns in Mathematics, Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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