Mathematics category: 12022 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
To find "criteria of simplicity" was the goal of David Hilbert's recently discovered twenty-fourth problem on his renowned list of open problems given at the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris. At the same time, simplicity and economy of means are powerful impulses in...
Basic Training in Mathematics
A Fitness Program for Science Students
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Based on course material used by the author at Yale University, this practical text addresses the widening gap found between the mathematics required for upper-level courses in the physical sciences and the knowledge of incoming students. This superb book offers students an excellent opportunity to...
A Mathematical Tapestry
Demonstrating the Beautiful Unity of Mathematics
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
This easy-to-read 2010 book demonstrates how a simple geometric idea reveals fascinating connections and results in number theory, the mathematics of polyhedra, combinatorial geometry, and group theory. Using a systematic paper-folding procedure it is possible to construct a regular polygon with any...
Probability and Computing
Randomized Algorithms and Probabilistic Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2005
Randomization and probabilistic techniques play an important role in modern computer science, with applications ranging from combinatorial optimization and machine learning to communication networks and secure protocols. This 2005 textbook is designed to accompany a one- or two-semester course for...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Handbook of Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics provides a comprehensive reference volume for mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, as well as students and reference librarians.
The material is presented so that key information can be located and used quickly and easily. Each chapter...
by Marin Marin, Andreas Öchsner
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
This book highlights the remarkable importance of special functions, operational calculus, and variational methods. A considerable portion of the book is dedicated to second-order partial differential equations, as they offer mathematical models of various phenomena in physics and engineering.
The...
Fundamentals of Advanced Mathematics 1
Categories, Algebraic Structures, Linear and Homological Algebra
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
This precis, comprised of three volumes, of which this book is the first, exposes the mathematical elements which make up the foundations of a number of contemporary scientific methods: modern theory on systems, physics and engineering.
This first volume focuses primarily on algebraic questions:...
by Henry F. De Francesco
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
In preparing this monograph I had three objectives. First, I wanted to introduce the reader to some topics in mathematics that seldom receive coverage in typical high school and college math programs. The topics include axioms, sets, logic, truth tables and plausible reasoning. In the sections on...
by Nico M Temme
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
This book gives introductory chapters on the classical basic and standard methods for asymptotic analysis, such as Watson's lemma, Laplace's method, the saddle point and steepest descent methods, stationary phase and Darboux's method. The methods, explained in great detail, will obtain asymptotic...
Women in Mathematical Biology
Research Collaboration Workshop, NIMBioS, Knoxville, June 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Inspired by the Research Collaboration Workshop for Women in Mathematical Biology, this volume contains research and review articles that cover topics ranging from models of animal movement to the flow of blood cells in the embryonic heart. Hosted by the National Institute for Mathematics and Biological...
Mathematical Modeling of Social Relationships
What Mathematics Can Tell Us About People
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
This edited volume presents examples of social science research projects that employ new methods of quantitative analysis and mathematical modeling of social processes. This book presents the fascinating areas of empirical and theoretical investigations that use formal mathematics in a way that is...
by Shaun Bullett, Tom Fearn, Frank Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
This is a concise reference book on analysis and mathematical physics, leading readers from a foundation to advanced level understanding of the topic. This is the perfect text for graduate or PhD mathematical-science students looking for support in topics such as distributions, Fourier transforms...
History of Number
Evidence from Papua New Guinea and Oceania
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
This unique volume presents an ecocultural and embodied perspective on understanding numbers and their history in indigenous communities. The book focuses on research carried out in Papua New Guinea and Oceania, and will help educators understand humanity's use of numbers, and their development...
by Hayk Sedrakyan, Nairi Sedrakyan
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
This book is intended as a teacher’s manual and as an independent-study handbook for students and mathematical competitors. Based on a traditional teaching philosophy and a non-traditional writing approach (the stair-step method), this book consists of new problems with solutions created by the...