Excursions in Modern Mathematics

Name: Excursions in Modern Mathematics
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ISBN: 9780130177629

ISBN-10: 0130177628

ISBN-13: 9780130177629

Edition: 4th 2001 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: Peter Tannenbaum, Robert Arnold

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For undergraduate courses in Liberal Arts Mathematics, Quantitative Literacy, and General Education.This very successful liberal arts mathematics textbook is a collection of " excursions" into the real-world applications of modern mathematics. The excursions are organized into four independent parts: 1) The Mathematics of Social Choice, 2) Management Science, 3) Growth and Symmetry, and 4) Statistics. Each part consists of four chapters plus a mini-excursion (new feature in 6/e). The book is written in an informal, very readable style, with pedagogical features that make the material both interesting and clear. The presentation is centered on an assortment of real-world examples and…

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List price: $104.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 8/2/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 635
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English



(Note: Each chapter includes a Chapter Opener that includes an outline of the chapter, a Conclusion, a list of Key Terms, , Exercises, a Biographical Note, and References and Further Readings.)



The Mathematics of Social Choice



The Mathematics of Voting: The Paradoxes of Democracy



Weighted Voting Systems: The Power Game



Fair Division: The Mathematics of Sharing



The Mathematics of Apportionment: Making the Rounds


Mini-Excursion 1. Apportionment Today: The Huntington-Hill Method



Management Science



Euler Circuits: The Circuit Comes to Town



The Traveling-Salesman Problem: HamiltonJoins the Circuit



The Mathematics of Networks: The Cost of Being Connected



The Mathematics of Scheduling: Directed Graphs and Critical Paths


Mini-Excursion 2. A Touch of Color: Graph Coloring and Matching



Growth and Symmetry



Spiral Growth in Nature: Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio



The Mathematics of Population Growth: There is Strength in Numbers



Symmetry: Mirror, Mirror, off the Wall



Fractal Geometry: Fractally Speaking


Mini-Excursion 3. The Time Value of Money: Annuities



Statistics



Collecting Statistical Data: Censuses, Surveys, and Studies



Descriptive Statistics: Graphing and Summarizing Data



Chances, Probability, and Odds: Measuring Uncertainty



Normal Distributions: Everything is Back to Normal(Almost)


Mini-Excursion 4. The Cost of Risk-Taking: Expected Value


Answers to Selected Problems


Index


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