Understanding Modern Mathematics - Softcover

Stahl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763734012 ISBN 13: 9780763734015

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Understanding Modern Mathematics is an exceptional collection of topics meant to better acquaint students with mathematics through an exposure to its applications and an analysis of its culture. The text provides an in-depth focus on such key topics as probability, statistics, voting systems, game theory, and linear programming. Two additional chapters on geometry and symmetry can be found on the text's web site, providing students the opportunity to see the 3-dimensional geometric figures in full color. The text provides students with an understanding of how these important mathematical topics are relevant in their everyday lives while emphasizing the history of mathematics . Understanding Modern Mathematics is the perfect complement to any Liberal Arts Mathematics course.

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About the Author

Dr. Stahl's research area is graph theory and his mathematical avocation is the evolution of mathematical ideas. He has published several textbooks in geometry, algebra, analysis and game theory. In all of these books the histrory of the subject is an integral part of the development of the subject matter. He has three children and his hobbies are dance and languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763734012
• ISBN 13: 9780763734015
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280