“I knew it.” Vhaenessa declared as she all but strutted into the study, beelining for the wine decanter that was settled on a table across from Caerella’s desk. “You’re nearly as pale as your hair, dear cousin. He began to apologize as he opened the door, but quickly accepted her dismissal as she moved past him without another word. One of the men swallowed, clearly nervous. “Are we looking to cause trouble, gentlemen? I’m sure it would be a ravishing time, but I have business to attended to with my cousin.” That was all it took for them to step aside - if her looks hadn’t been enough to confirm them that it was The Sea Temptress of Driftmark who stood before them, stating her familiarity with the Princess Regent was. Vhaenessa gave a lazy flick of her wrist - silver jewelry glittering like ice in the setting sun - and gazed up at them with miss-matched eyes, as if daring them to try and stop her. The two guards posted outside of Caerella’s door stiffened at her approach, making to block her path. but she supposed this one would be safe for another day.įor now, she was on somewhat of a mission. How easy it was, to manipulate the minds of men - one flutter of her dark lashes, one side ways look over the rim of a wine glass.
The idea made a cat-like smile curl across her full lips as she rounded one corner, then another, making her way to her cousin’s study. A guard trailed behind her, knowing better than to stray too close, lest he fall under The Siren’s spell and find himself with a new lover but without a proper job.
This book is especially suitable for students preparing for national or international mathematical olympiads, or for teachers looking for a text for an honor class.|| vhaenessa & caerella || when: set during the time skip where: king’s landing, caerella’s study within the red keep moved like a beautiful phantom through the cold stone walls of the Red Keep, her barley-there gown clinging to her frame akin to a sheer mist rather than actual fabric. The text contains as selection of 300 practice problems of varying difficulty from contests around the world, with extensive hints and selected solutions. Each chapter contains carefully chosen worked examples, which explain not only the solutions to the problems but also describe in close detail how one would invent the solution to begin with. The emphasis of this book is placed squarely on the problems. The exposition is friendly and relaxed, and accompanied by over 300 beautifully drawn figures.
The final part consists of some more advanced topics, such as inversion in the plane, the cross ratio and projective transformations, and the theory of the complete quadrilateral. Another part is dedicated to the use of complex numbers and barycentric coordinates, granting the reader both a traditional and computational viewpoint of the material. Topics covered included cyclic quadrilaterals, power of a point, homothety, triangle centers along the way the reader will meet such classical gems as the nine-point circle, the Simson line, the symmedian and the mixtilinear incircle, as well as the theorems of Euler, Ceva, Menelaus, and Pascal.
This is a challenging problem-solving book in Euclidean geometry, assuming nothing of the reader other than a good deal of courage. Euclidean Geometry in Mathematical Olympiads - Evan Chen Summary