Mathematics today : twelve informal essays

著者

• Steen, Lynn Arthur

書誌事項

Mathematics today : twelve informal essays

edited by Lynn Arthur Steen

Springer-Verlag, c1978

• : us
• : gw

注記

Includes bibliographies and index

収録内容

• Mathematics today / Lynn Arthur Steen
• Mathematics : Our invisible culture / Allen L. Hammond
• Number theory / Ian Richards
• Groups and symmetry / Jonathan Alperin
• The Geometry of the universe / Roger Penrose
• The Mathematics of meteorology / Philip Thompson
• The Four color problem / Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken
• Combinatorial scheduling theory / Ronald Graham
• Statistical analysis of experimental data / David S. Moore
• What is a computation? / Martin Davis
• Mathematics as a tool for economic understanding / Jacob Schwartz
• Mathematical aspects of population biology / Frank C. Hoppensteadt
• The Relevance of mathematics / Felix E. Browder and Saunders Mac Lane

内容説明・目次

目次

Mathematics Today.- One.- Mathematics-Our Invisible Culture.- Two.- Number Theory.- Groups and Symmetry.- The Geometry of the Universe.- The Mathematics of Meteorology.- The Four Color Problem.- Three.- Combinatorial Scheduling Theory.- Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data.- What is a Computation?.- Mathematics as a Tool for Economic Understanding.- Mathematical Aspects of Population Biology.- Four.- The Relevance of Mathematics.- About the Authors.- Further Reading.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA07649417
• ISBN:
  • 0387903054
  • 3540903054
• LCCN: 78007594
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York ; Berlin
• ページ数/冊数: viii, 367 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QA7
  • DC : 510
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Mathematics -- Addresses, essays, lectures