Basic Analysis: Japanese Grade 11

Basic Analysis: Japanese Grade 11
Author: 小平邦彦
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1996
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0821805800

"This is the translation of the Japanese textbook for the grade 11 course, "Basic Analysis", which is one of three elective courses offered at this level in Japanese high schools. The book includes a thorough treatment of exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions, progressions, and induction method, as well as an extensive introduction to differential and integral calculus."--Publisher.

Algebra and Geometry

Algebra and Geometry
Author: 小平邦彦
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1996
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821805819

See blurb for Japanese Grade 10.

A Mathematical Gift, II

A Mathematical Gift, II
Author: Kenji Ueno
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2003
Genre: Functions
ISBN: 0821832832

Three volumes originating from a series of lectures in mathematics given by professors of Kyoto University in Japan for high school students.

Mathematics 1

Mathematics 1
Author: Kunihiko Kodaira
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 265
Release: 1996-08-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1470424746

This is the translation from the Japanese textbook for the grade 10 course, "Basic Mathematics". The book covers the material which is a compulsory for Japanese high school students. The course comprises algebra (including quadratic functions, equations, and inequalities), trigonometric functions, and plane coordinate geometry.

Mathematical Circles

Mathematical Circles
Author: Sergeĭ Aleksandrovich Genkin
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 292
Release:
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780821890608

What kind of book is this? It is a book produced by a remarkable cultural circumstance in the former Soviet Union which fostered the creation of groups of students, teachers, and mathematicians called "mathematical circles". The work is predicated on the idea that studying mathematics can generate the same enthusiasm as playing a team sport - without necessarily being competitive. This book is intended for both students and teachers who love mathematics and want to study its various branches beyond the limits of school curriculum.

The Mathematics of Encryption

The Mathematics of Encryption
Author: Margaret Cozzens
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821883216

How quickly can you compute the remainder when dividing by 120143? Why would you even want to compute this? And what does this have to do with cryptography? Modern cryptography lies at the intersection of mathematics and computer sciences, involving number theory, algebra, computational complexity, fast algorithms, and even quantum mechanics. Many people think of codes in terms of spies, but in the information age, highly mathematical codes are used every day by almost everyone, whether at the bank ATM, at the grocery checkout, or at the keyboard when you access your email or purchase products online. This book provides a historical and mathematical tour of cryptography, from classical ciphers to quantum cryptography. The authors introduce just enough mathematics to explore modern encryption methods, with nothing more than basic algebra and some elementary number theory being necessary. Complete expositions are given of the classical ciphers and the attacks on them, along with a detailed description of the famous Enigma system. The public-key system RSA is described, including a complete mathematical proof that it works. Numerous related topics are covered, such as efficiencies of algorithms, detecting and correcting errors, primality testing and digital signatures. The topics and exposition are carefully chosen to highlight mathematical thinking and problem solving. Each chapter ends with a collection of problems, ranging from straightforward applications to more challenging problems that introduce advanced topics. Unlike many books in the field, this book is aimed at a general liberal arts student, but without losing mathematical completeness.

Integer and Polynomial Algebra

Integer and Polynomial Algebra
Author: Kenneth R. Davidson
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2023-10-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470473321

This book is a concrete introduction to abstract algebra and number theory. Starting from the basics, it develops the rich parallels between the integers and polynomials, covering topics such as Unique Factorization, arithmetic over quadratic number fields, the RSA encryption scheme, and finite fields. In addition to introducing students to the rigorous foundations of mathematical proofs, the authors cover several specialized topics, giving proofs of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, the transcendentality of $e$, and Quadratic Reciprocity Law. The book is aimed at incoming undergraduate students with a strong passion for mathematics.

The Mathematics of Voting and Elections: A Hands-On Approach

The Mathematics of Voting and Elections: A Hands-On Approach
Author: Jonathan K. Hodge
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470442876

The Mathematics of Voting and Elections: A Hands-On Approach, Second Edition, is an inquiry-based approach to the mathematics of politics and social choice. The aim of the book is to give readers who might not normally choose to engage with mathematics recreationally the chance to discover some interesting mathematical ideas from within a familiar context, and to see the applicability of mathematics to real-world situations. Through this process, readers should improve their critical thinking and problem solving skills, as well as broaden their views of what mathematics really is and how it can be used in unexpected ways. The book was written specifically for non-mathematical audiences and requires virtually no mathematical prerequisites beyond basic arithmetic. At the same time, the questions included are designed to challenge both mathematical and non-mathematical audiences alike. More than giving the right answers, this book asks the right questions. The book is fun to read, with examples that are not just thought-provoking, but also entertaining. It is written in a style that is casual without being condescending. But the discovery-based approach of the book also forces readers to play an active role in their learning, which should lead to a sense of ownership of the main ideas in the book. And while the book provides answers to some of the important questions in the field of mathematical voting theory, it also leads readers to discover new questions and ways to approach them. In addition to making small improvements in all the chapters, this second edition contains several new chapters. Of particular interest might be Chapter 12 which covers a host of topics related to gerrymandering.

A Gentle Introduction to Game Theory

A Gentle Introduction to Game Theory
Author: Saul Stahl
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1999
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821813390

The mathematical theory of games was first developed as a model for situations of conflict, whether actual or recreational. It gained widespread recognition when it was applied to the theoretical study of economics by von Neumann and Morgenstern in Theory of Games and Economic Behavior in the 1940s. The later bestowal in 1994 of the Nobel Prize in economics on Nash underscores the important role this theory has played in the intellectual life of the twentieth century. This volume is based on courses given by the author at the University of Kansas. The exposition is "gentle" because it requires only some knowledge of coordinate geometry; linear programming is not used. It is "mathematical" because it is more concerned with the mathematical solution of games than with their applications. Existing textbooks on the topic tend to focus either on the applications or on the mathematics at a level that makes the works inaccessible to most non-mathematicians. This book nicely fits in between these two alternatives. It discusses examples and completely solves them with tools that require no more than high school algebra. In this text, proofs are provided for both von Neumann's Minimax Theorem and the existence of the Nash Equilibrium in the $2 \times 2$ case. Readers will gain both a sense of the range of applications and a better understanding of the theoretical framework of these two deep mathematical concepts.

A Mathematical Gift, III

A Mathematical Gift, III
Author: Koji Shiga
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2005-07-18
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821832840

This book brings the beauty and fun of mathematics to the classroom. It offers serious mathematics in a lively, reader-friendly style. Included are exercises and many figures illustrating the main concepts. The first chapter talks about the theory of manifolds. It includes discussion of smoothness, differentiability, and analyticity, the idea of local coordinates and coordinate transformation, and a detailed explanation of the Whitney imbedding theorem (both in weak and in strong form).The second chapter discusses the notion of the area of a figure on the plane and the volume of a solid body in space. It includes the proof of the Bolyai-Gerwien theorem about scissors-congruent polynomials and Dehn's solution of the Third Hilbert Problem. This is the third volume originating from a series of lectures given at Kyoto University (Japan). It is suitable for classroom use for high school mathematics teachers and for undergraduate mathematics courses in the sciences and liberal arts. The first and second volumes are available as Volume 19 and Volume 20 in the AMS series, ""Mathematical World"".