
Mathematics Dictionary
R.C. James(Author)
Chapman and Hall (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 31. July 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-412-99041-0 (ISBN)
Description
Throughout the preparation of each edition of this dictionary, the guiding objective has been to make it useful for students, scientists, engineers, and others interested in the meaning of mathemati cal terms and concepts. It is intended to be essentially complete in the coverage of topics that occur in precollege or undergraduate college mathematics courses, as well as covering many topics from beginning graduate-level courses. In addition, many other interesting and important mathematical concepts are included. When preparing this edition, emphasis was given on revising and updating topics included in previous editions and to introducing many new topics, so as to reflect recent interesting and exciting developments in mathematics. An important feature continued and extended in this edition is the multilingual index in French, German, Russian, and Spanish. The English equivalents of mathemati cal terms in these languages enable the reader not only to learn the English meaning of a foreign-language mathematical term, but also to find its definition in the body of this book. Although this is by no means a mere word dictionary, neither is it an encyclopedia. It is a correlated condensation of mathematical concepts, designed for time-saving reference work. Never theless, the general reader can come to an understanding of a new concept by looking up unfamiliar terms in the definition at hand and following this procedure down to familiar concepts.
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Edition
5th ed. 1992. Softcover reprint of the original 5th ed. 1992
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
560 p.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1040 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-412-99041-0 (9780412990410)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-010-9495-5
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Glenn James | Robert C. James
Mathematics Dictionary
Book
07/1992
Chapman and Hall
€89.13
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Content
Preface.- Dictionary of Mathematical Terms.- Denominate Numbers.- Mathematical Symbols.- Arithmetic, Algebra, Number Theory.- Trigonometry and Hyperbolic Functions.- Geometry.- Calculus and Analysis.- Logic and Set Theory.- Topology and Abstract Spaces.- Mathematics of Finance.- Statistics.- Differentiation Formulas.- Integral Tables.- Greek Alphabet.- French-English Index.- German-English Index.- Russian-English Index.- Spanish-English Index.