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Excursions in Modern Mathematics – Ebook PDF Instant Delivery – ISBN(s): 9780136968955,9780136921967,9780137417438,0137417438,0136968953,0136921965,2020049816

Product details:

  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0136921965
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0136921967
  • Author: Peter Tannenbaum 

Excursions in Modern Mathematics shows you the power and beauty of math, and helps you approach it with a fresh perspective. New and updated examples from pop culture, sports, politics and science keep the discussion interesting and current: the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of vaccines, election polling and much more. Chapters are categorized by social choice, management science, growth, shape and form, and statistics, and can be used in any order. Key Concepts charts at the end of every chapter make it easy to study and review the material. The 10th Edition refines and updates examples and exercises and adds resources for both students and instructors, making it a relevant, accessible and complete program.

Table of contents:

PART I: SOCIAL CHOICE

1. The Mathematics of Elections: The Paradoxes of Democracy

2. The Mathematics of Power: Weighted Voting

3. The Mathematics of Sharing: Fair-Division Games

4. The Mathematics of Apportionment: Making the Rounds

PART II: MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

5. The Mathematics of Getting Around: Euler Paths and Circuits

6. The Mathematics of Touring: Traveling Salesman Problems

7. The Mathematics of Networks: The Cost of Being Connected

8. The Mathematics of Scheduling: Chasing the Critical Path

PART III: GROWTH

9. Population Growth Models: There Is Strength in Numbers

10. Financial Mathematics: Money Matters

PART IV: SHAPE AND FORM

11. The Mathematics of Symmetry: Beyond Reflection

12. Fractal Geometry: The Kinky Nature of Nature

13. Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio: Tales of Rabbits and Gnomons

PART V: STATISTICS

14.Censuses, Surveys, Polls, and Studies: The Joys of Collecting Data

15. Graphs, Charts, and Numbers: The Data Show and Tell

16. Probabilities, Odds, and Expectations: Measuring Uncertainty and Risk

17. The Mathematics of Normality: The Call of the Bell

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