A Math Puzzle and a Free Book
No calculus required!
Just a fun math puzzle
Your mission — should you choose to accept it — is to find the six roots between 0 and 2π of this function:
If you (or your students) have a decent grasp of high-school precalculus, you’ve got what it takes to unravel this function in just a few steps. There is one step which I haven’t seen in my province’s precalculus curriculum. A little creative thinking is required there.
I’ll send out the solution in a future newsletter. If you can’t wait until then, I’ll be going over the puzzle in a YouTube livestream on May 23 at 9 a.m. Pacific Time. Here’s the link:
Find the Zeros! (YouTube Livestream, May 23 9 a.m. Pacific Time)
You can have my book for free.
Some of you already know that I published a compilation of some of my Medium articles last July. You’ll be able to get the Kindle version for free on May 23. Details at this link:
How to get your free copy of my book
Thanks for your feedback!
Thank you to those who responded for my recent call for ideas. I’m always open to your thoughts, either through the online form, or by email.
Cheers,
Adam
