Excursions in Modern Mathematics
4th Edition
Published on 28. August 2001
Book
Hardback
635 pages
978-0-13-017762-9 (ISBN)
Description
For all undergraduate courses in Liberal Arts Mathematics, and General Education. A background in Intermediate Algebra is recommended, but not required.
This collection of Excursions into modern mathematics consists of four independent parts, each consisting of four chapters: 1) Social Choice, 2) Management Science, 3) Growth and Symmetry, and 4) Statistics. Written in an informal, readable style, its pedagogical features make material both interesting and clear.
This collection of Excursions into modern mathematics consists of four independent parts, each consisting of four chapters: 1) Social Choice, 2) Management Science, 3) Growth and Symmetry, and 4) Statistics. Written in an informal, readable style, its pedagogical features make material both interesting and clear.
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
1000 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-017762-9 (9780130177629)
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Content
(Note: Each chapter concludes with a Conclusion, Key Concepts, Exercises, References, and Further Readings.)I. THE MATHEMATICS OF SOCIAL CHOICE.
1. The Mathematics of Voting: The Paradoxes of Democracy.
2. Weighted Voting Systems: The Power Game.
3. Fair Division: The Mathematics of Sharing.
4. The Mathematics of Apportionment: Making the Rounds.
II. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE.
5. Euler Circuits: The Circuit Comes to Town.
6. The Traveling-Salesman Problem: Hamilton Joins the Circuit.
7. The Mathematics of Networks: www.connections.net
8. The Mathematics of Scheduling: Directed Graphs and Critical Paths.
III. GROWTH AND SYMMETRY.
9. Spiral Growth in Nature: Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio.
10. The Mathematics of Population Growth: There Is Strength in Numbers.
11. Symmetry: Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall...
12. Fractal Geometry: Fractally Speaking.
IV. STATISTICS.
13. Collecting Statistical Data: Censuses, Surveys, and Clinical Studies.
14. Descriptive Statistics: Graphing and Summarizing Data.
15. Chances, Probabilities, and Odds: Measuring Uncertainty.
16. Normal Distributions: Everything Is Back to Normal (Almost).
Answers to Selected Problems.
Index.
Photo Credits.
1. The Mathematics of Voting: The Paradoxes of Democracy.
2. Weighted Voting Systems: The Power Game.
3. Fair Division: The Mathematics of Sharing.
4. The Mathematics of Apportionment: Making the Rounds.
II. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE.
5. Euler Circuits: The Circuit Comes to Town.
6. The Traveling-Salesman Problem: Hamilton Joins the Circuit.
7. The Mathematics of Networks: www.connections.net
8. The Mathematics of Scheduling: Directed Graphs and Critical Paths.
III. GROWTH AND SYMMETRY.
9. Spiral Growth in Nature: Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio.
10. The Mathematics of Population Growth: There Is Strength in Numbers.
11. Symmetry: Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall...
12. Fractal Geometry: Fractally Speaking.
IV. STATISTICS.
13. Collecting Statistical Data: Censuses, Surveys, and Clinical Studies.
14. Descriptive Statistics: Graphing and Summarizing Data.
15. Chances, Probabilities, and Odds: Measuring Uncertainty.
16. Normal Distributions: Everything Is Back to Normal (Almost).
Answers to Selected Problems.
Index.
Photo Credits.