Basic Mathematics

Basic Mathematics
Author: Serge Lang
Publisher:
Total Pages: 475
Release: 1988-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9783540967873

The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Jacqueline Stedall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2012-02-23
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0199599688

In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places; including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century Britain.

Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction

Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Timothy Gowers
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2002-08-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780192853615

The aim of this volume is to explain the differences between research-level mathematics and the maths taught at school. Most differences are philosophical and the first few chapters are about general aspects of mathematical thought.

An Introduction to Mathematics

An Introduction to Mathematics
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2017-05-04
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486821382

Concise volume for general students by prominent philosopher and mathematician explains what math is and does, and how mathematicians do it. "Lucid and cogent ... should delight you." — The New York Times. 1911 edition.

A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics

A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics
Author: Jeremy Kun
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2020-05-17
Genre:
ISBN:

A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics uses your familiarity with ideas from programming and software to teach mathematics. You'll learn about the central objects and theorems of mathematics, including graphs, calculus, linear algebra, eigenvalues, optimization, and more. You'll also be immersed in the often unspoken cultural attitudes of mathematics, learning both how to read and write proofs while understanding why mathematics is the way it is. Between each technical chapter is an essay describing a different aspect of mathematical culture, and discussions of the insights and meta-insights that constitute mathematical intuition. As you learn, we'll use new mathematical ideas to create wondrous programs, from cryptographic schemes to neural networks to hyperbolic tessellations. Each chapter also contains a set of exercises that have you actively explore mathematical topics on your own. In short, this book will teach you to engage with mathematics. A Programmer's Introduction to Mathematics is written by Jeremy Kun, who has been writing about math and programming for 10 years on his blog "Math Intersect Programming." As of 2020, he works in datacenter optimization at Google.The second edition includes revisions to most chapters, some reorganized content and rewritten proofs, and the addition of three appendices.

Easy as p?

Easy as p?
Author: Oleg A. Ivanov
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1999
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780387985213

An introduction for readers with some high school mathematics to both the higher and the more fundamental developments of the basic themes of elementary mathematics. Chapters begin with a series of elementary problems, cleverly concealing more advanced mathematical ideas. These are then made explicit and further developments explored, thereby deepending and broadening the readers' understanding of mathematics. The text arose from a course taught for several years at St. Petersburg University, and nearly every chapter ends with an interesting commentary on the relevance of its subject matter to the actual classroom setting. However, it may be recommended to a much wider readership; even the professional mathematician will derive much pleasureable instruction from it.

Introduction to Mathematical Thinking

Introduction to Mathematical Thinking
Author: Keith J. Devlin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780615653631

"Mathematical thinking is not the same as 'doing math'--unless you are a professional mathematician. For most people, 'doing math' means the application of procedures and symbolic manipulations. Mathematical thinking, in contrast, is what the name reflects, a way of thinking about things in the world that humans have developed over three thousand years. It does not have to be about mathematics at all, which means that many people can benefit from learning this powerful way of thinking, not just mathematicians and scientists."--Back cover.