John Haigh: Mathematics in Everyday Life

Cover: 9783030330866 | Mathematics in Everyday Life | John Haigh | Taschenbuch | xi | 2020

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Beschreibung

How does mathematics impact everyday events? Through concrete examples from business, sport, games, computing, and society, this book explores the mathematics underpinning our everyday lives.

The examples covered in the book include game shows, internet search engines, mortgage payments, drug testing, soccer tournaments, social inequality, voting, and much more. Throughout, the reader's mathematical knowledge is broadened with new topics such as differential equations, eigenvalues of matrices, linear programming, and modular arithmetic. Fully worked examples illustrate the ideas discussed and each chapter includes exercises to develop the reader's understanding. This new edition has been thoroughly updated, and includes a completely new chapter on applications of mathematics to computing.

Mathematics in Everyday Life supports beginning university students in science and engineering by offering extra practice in calculus, linear algebra, geometry,trigonometry, elementary number theory, and probability. Students whose degree course includes writing an extended mathematical essay will find many suitable topics here, with pointers to extend and develop the material.

How does mathematics impact everyday events? Through concrete examples from business, sport, games, computing, and society, this book explores the mathematics underpinning our everyday lives.

Über den Autor

John Haigh set up the class "Mathematics In Everyday Life" at Sussex University in 2005, in response to a desire to show first year students some of the areas where their mathematical skills and knowledge could provide useful insight, and to give them practice in applying the mathematics they were learning on other modules. This book has benefited from the feedback of several cohorts of students.
John has also written the well-received popular science book "Taking Chances" and, with Rob Eastaway, "The Hidden Mathematics of Sport".

Zusammenfassung

Illustrates the importance of mathematics in our daily lives

Demonstrates the power of mathematics to provide key insights

Shows how to formulate common situations precisely using mathematics

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Money.- 2 Differential Equations.- 3 Sport and Games.- 4 Business Applications.- 5 Social Sciences.- 6 TV Game Shows.- 7 Gambling.- 8 Computer Applications.- Appendix.- Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Mathematik , Medizin , Naturwissenschaften , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xi 173 S. 15 s/w Illustr. 2 farbige Illustr. 173 p. 17 illus. 2 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783030330866
ISBN-10:	3030330869
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Haigh, John
Auflage:	Second Edition 2019
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	235 x 155 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	John Haigh
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.01.2020
Gewicht:	0,295 kg