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Everyday Calculus: Discovering the Hidden Math All Around Us - Paperback

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by Oscar Fernandez (Author), Oscar Fernandez (Preface by)A fun look at calculus in our everyday lives Calculus. For some of us, the word conjures up memories of ten-pound textbooks and visions of tedious abstract equations. And yet, in reality, calculus is fun and accessible, and surrounds us everywhere we go. In Everyday Calculus, Oscar Fernandez demonstrates that calculus can be used to explore practically any aspect of our lives, including the most effective number of hours to sleep and th...

The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History - Paperback

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by Eli Maor (Author)An exploration of one of the most celebrated and well-known theorems in mathematics By any measure, the Pythagorean theorem is the most famous statement in all of mathematics. In this book, Eli Maor reveals the full story of this ubiquitous geometric theorem. Although attributed to Pythagoras, the theorem was known to the Babylonians more than a thousand years earlier. Pythagoras may have been the first to prove it, but his proof--if indeed he had one--is lost to us. The t...

Complexities: Women in Mathematics - Paperback

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by Bettye Anne Case (Editor), Anne M. Leggett (Editor)Sophie Germain taught herself mathematics by candlelight, huddled in her bedclothes. Ada Byron Lovelace anticipated aspects of general-purpose digital computing by more than a century. Cora Ratto de Sadosky advanced messages of tolerance and equality while sharing her mathematical talents with generations of students. This captivating book gives voice to women mathematicians from the late eighteenth century through to the present day. It ...

Introduction to Differential Geometry - Paperback

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by Luther Pfahler Eisenhart (Author)Book 3 in the Princeton Mathematical Series. Originally published in 1950. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase...

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by Witold Hurewicz (Author), Henry Wallman (Author)Book 4 in the Princeton Mathematical Series. Originally published in 1941. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to ...

Practice Tests in Math Kangaroo Style for Students in Grades 3-4 - Paperback

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by Silviu Borac (Author), Cleo Borac (Author)A companion series to our "Competitive Mathematics for Gifted Students," the series "Math Challenges for Gifted Students" offers additional material in practice test form. The workbooks are useful for assessment and for development of testing skills. In full color and with fully explained solutions, the workbooks may be used as a fun introduction to problem solving.The workbook contains six 24-question tests. After each test, there is an answer key...

Statistical Modeling: Regression, Survival Analysis, and Time Series Analysis - Paperback

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by Lawrence Mark Leemis (Author)Statistical Modeling provides an introduction to regression, survival analysis, and time series analysisfor students who have completed calculus-based coursesin probability and mathematical statistics.The book uses the R language to fit statistical models, conduct Monte Carlo simulation experiments, and generate graphics.Over 300 exercises at the end of the chapters make this an appropriate text for a class in statistical modeling.This book is an open education...

Ethnomathematics: Challenging Eurocentrism in Mathematics Education - Paperback

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by Arthur B. Powell (Editor), Marilyn Frankenstein (Editor)Presents the emerging field of ethnomathematics from a critical perspective, challenging particular ways in which Eurocentrism permeates mathematics education and mathematics in general.Author BiographyArthur B. Powell is Associate Professor in the Academic Foundations Department at Rutgers University-Newark. He has coauthored Math: A Rich Heritage, translated Sona Geometry: Reflections on the Tradition of Sand Drawings in Africa Sout...

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by Don S. Lemons (Author)Presenting classical thermodynamics as a concise and discrete whole, Mere Thermodynamics is a perfect tool for teaching a notoriously difficult subject.Accomplished teacher Don S. Lemons introduces the physical theory's concepts and methods and uses them to solve problems from a broad range of physics. He illustrates, at a gentle pace, not only the fundamentals of the subject but also advanced topics such as the relationship between the second law of thermodynamics an...

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences - Paperback

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by John Allen Paulos (Author) Readers of Innumeracy will be rewarded with scores of astonishing facts, a fistful of powerful ideas, and, most important, a clearer, more quantitative way of looking at their world. Why do even well-educated people understand so little about mathematics? And what are the costs of our innumeracy? John Allen Paulos, in his celebrated bestseller first published in 1988, argues that our inability to deal rationally with very large numbers and the probabilities assoc...

The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future - Paperback

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by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (Author)Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a master of game theory, which is a fancy label for a simple idea: People compete, and they always do what they think is in their own best interest. Bueno de Mesquita uses game theory and its insights into human behavior to predict and even engineer political, financial, and personal events. His forecasts, which have been employed by everyone from the CIA to major business firms, have an amazing 90 percent accuracy rate, and in thi...

Third Semester Calculus: Student Supplement - Paperback

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by Lily Splane (Illustrator), Mimi Rasky (Author)How the "Cluck" Do I Do This? Chicken of Calculus? If you've ever been lost trying to solve a calculus problem, this step-by-step guide is your salvation Never be mystified again Solutions contain lots of intermediate steps not found in other calculus student-solutions manuals. Includes more examples that are completely worked out in detailed step-by-step fashion. (Many texts assume-wrongly-that students can figure out the missing steps on t...

Mastering Essential Math Skills: Geometry - Paperback

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by Richard W. Fisher (Author)*A proven system of teaching for teachers, parents, and students who want to learn on their own. *Requires only 20 minutes per day. *Presented in a simple format that everyone can understand. *Each lesson flows smoothly and logically to the next. *Each lesson is short, concise, and straight to the point. *Each new topic is clearly explained. *Lots of examples with step-by-step solutions. *Each lesson includes valuable helpful hints. *Review is built into each less...

Mastering Essential Math Skills: Problem Solving - Paperback

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Mastering Essential Math Skills: Pre-Algebra Concepts - Paperback

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by Richard W. Fisher (Author) INCLUDES ONLINE VIDEO TUTORIALS. ONE FOR EACH LESSON IN THE BOOK. *A proven system of teaching for teachers, parents, and students who want to learn on their own. *Requires only 20 minutes per day. *Presented in a simple format that everyone can understand. *Each lesson flows smoothly and logically to the next. *Each lesson is short, concise, and straight to the point. *Each new topic is clearly explained. *Lots of examples with step-by-step solutions. *Each le...

Socks Are Like Pants, Cats Are Like Dogs: Games, Puzzles, and Activities for Choosing, Identifying, and Sorting Math - Paperback

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by Malke Rosenfeld (Author), Gordon Hamilton (Author)Do you want your children to feel like algebra is beautiful, playful, and intuitive? Socks Are Like Pants, Cats Are Like Dogs inspires families and groups to play, solve, talk, and make math-together The book is filled with a diverse collection of math games, puzzles, and activities exploring the mathematics of choosing, identifying and sorting. The activities inside are portable and easy to start. Many require little in the way of materia...

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by Yelena McManaman (Author), Maria Droujkova (Author), Ever Salazar (Illustrator)How do you want your child to feel about math? Relaxed, curious, eager, adventurous, and deeply connected? Then Moebius Noodles is for you. It offers advanced math activities to fit your child's personality, interests, and needs. Imagine your baby immersed in mathematics as a mother tongue spoken at home. Imagine your toddler exploring the rich world around us while absorbing the mathematics embedded in every ex...

A Second Course in Probability - Hardcover

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by Sheldon M. Ross (Author), Erol A. Pekoz (Author)The 2006 INFORMS Expository Writing Award-winning and best-selling author Sheldon Ross (University of Southern California) teams up with Erol Pek z (Boston University) to bring you this textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in statistics, mathematics, engineering, finance, and actuarial science. This is a guided tour designed to give familiarity with advanced topics in probability without having to wade through the exhaustive cover...

Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations - Hardcover

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by John W. Cain (Author), Angela M. Reynolds (Author)Differential equations arise in a variety of contexts, some purely theoretical and some of practical interest. As you read this textbook, you will find that the qualitative and quantitative study of differential equations incorporates an elegant blend of linear algebra and advanced calculus. This book is intended for an advanced undergraduate course in differential equations. The reader should have already completed courses in linear algebr...

Introduction to Abstract Algebra, 7th Edition - Paperback

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by Neal H. McCoy (Author), Gerald J. Janusz (Author)This is the classic text for the first undergraduate course in abstract algebra; it follows the "rings before groups" philosophy that relies on the student's familiarity with the ring of integers to make the abstract axioms feel more concrete. The text and exercises are coordinated to help the student learn to read and write mathematical proofs. To achieve an understanding of the methods of proof, the unique factorization theorems are presen...

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by Edip Yuksel (Author)This book contains numerous debates on the prophetic numerical system embedded ni the Quran. Edip Yüksel responds and refutes critics and skeptics, such as: Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips: Sunni scholar Carl Sagan: astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, and skeptic author Daniel Abdurrahman Lomax: Sunni computer engineer Ayman Mutaakher: anonymous Sunni critic James (Amazing) Randi: founder of Randi Foundation, a skeptic activist Michael Shermer: editor and publisher of th...

Charles S. Peirce on the Logic of Number - Paperback

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by Paul Shields (Author)In 1881 the American philosopher Charles S. Peirce published a remarkable paper in The American Journal of Mathematics called "On the Logic of Number." Peirce's paper marked a watershed in nineteenth century mathematics, providing the first successful axiom system for the natural numbers. Awareness that Peirce's axiom system exists has been gradually increasing but the conventional wisdom among mathematicians is still that the first satisfactory axiom systems were thos...

Differential Equations: Applied Mathematical Modeling, Nonlinear Analysis, and Computer Simulation in Engineering and Science. - Hardcover

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by Sergio E. Serrano (Author)An introduction to ordinary differential equations and systems of ordinary differential equations, including new analytical methods to solve nonlinear equations, mathematical modeling, computer programming, computer graphics with MAPLE, and applications in science and engineering. "... a new textbook that will thoroughly revolutionize the teaching and learning of differential equations with the vital goal of student retention always in sight." Dr. Randolph Rach, ...

Algebra: Algebra Parts I, II, and III combined - Paperback

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by Aejeong Kang (Author)Algebra of MathRadar Series is designed for students grades 6 10 who want to have a better understanding of the concepts from Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1.In this combined book which consists of three parts (Part I: Number System, Part II: Expressions, Part III: Functions and Statistics& Probability) of Algebra, you will learn the essential tools of Algebra through concise lessons, examples, and numerous exercises, as well as improve your problem solving skills with t...

The 10-Seconds Speed Maths Technique: The Guaranteed Path to Competence and Enjoyment in Maths - Paperback

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by Philip Chan (Author)'The 10-Seconds Speed Maths Technique' by Philip Chan is intended to help you the reader to have fun with your children to achieve mega success in learning maths together. By learning the simple, powerful and stimulating techniques outlined in his book, it will empower you the reader to learn quickly and easily the basic in maths in order to achieve instant success. In this book: -You will discover how to learn your individual times tables in less than a minute. -You wi...

Chatting with ChatGPT: by Ermes Culos - Paperback

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by Ermes Culos (Author)This past April Ermes engaged ChatGPT in a wide variety of chats, ranging from philosophy to paradoxes to Canadian lit, to name just a few. Artificial intelligence is developing and improving very fast, so that no one should be surprised if a few years down the road one looks back at the ChatGPT responses given in this volume only to be amazed at the primitiveness and inaccuracy of some of the responses. For now, though, what stands out is ChatGPT's impressive ability t...

Curiosa Mathematica, Part 2: Pillow Problems Thought Out During Wakeful Hours (1894) - Paperback

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by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.29 x ...

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by Jean-François Mertens (Author), Sylvain Sorin (Author), Shmuel Zamir (Author)Three leading experts have produced a landmark work based on a set of working papers published by the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) at Universit Catholique de Louvain in 1994 under the title, "Repeated Games," which holds almost mythic status among game theorists. Jean-Fran ois Mertens, Sylvain Sorin and Shmuel Zamir have significantly elevated the clarity and depth of presentation with m...

Solutions Manual to Accompany Nonlinear Programming: Theory and Algorithms - Paperback

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by Mokhtar S. Bazaraa (Author), Hanif D. Sherali (Author), C. M. Shetty (Author)As the Solutions Manual, this book is meant to accompany the main title, Nonlinear Programming: Theory and Algorithms, Third Edition. This book presents recent developments of key topics in nonlinear programming (NLP) using a logical and self-contained format. The volume is divided into three sections: convex analysis, optimality conditions, and dual computational techniques. Precise statements of algortihms are g...

Logic and Discrete Mathematics: A Concise Introduction, Solutions Manual - Paperback

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by Willem Conradie (Author), Valentin Goranko (Author), Claudette Robinson (Author)Solutions manual to accompany Logic and Discrete Mathematics: A Concise Introduction This book features a unique combination of comprehensive coverage of logic with a solid exposition of the most important fields of discrete mathematics, presenting material that has been tested and refined by the authors in university courses taught over more than a decade. Written in a clear and reader-friendly style, each sec...

Multi-Agent Machine Learning: A Reinforcement Approach - Hardcover

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by H. M. Schwartz (Author)The book begins with a chapter on traditional methods of supervised learning, covering recursive least squares learning, mean square error methods, and stochastic approximation. Chapter 2 covers single agent reinforcement learning. Topics include learning value functions, Markov games, and TD learning with eligibility traces. Chapter 3 discusses two player games including two player matrix games with both pure and mixed strategies. Numerous algorithms and examples ar...

Solutions Manual to Accompany Combinatorial Reasoning: An Introduction to the Art of Counting - Paperback

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by Duane DeTemple (Author), William Webb (Author)COMBINATORIAL REASONING Showcases the interdisciplinary aspects of combinatorics and illustrates how to problem solve with a multitude of exercises Written by two well-known scholars in the field, Combinatorial Reasoning: An Introduction to the Art of Counting presents a clear and comprehensive introduction to the concepts and methodology of beginning combinatorics. Focusing on modern techniques and applications, the book develops a variety of ...