The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics

Christopher Clapham (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

1996 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford Paperbacks (Verlag)
978-0-19-280041-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This reference guide has been designed specifically for students of mathematics at school or in first-year university. Nearly 1000 new entries have been added to this edition, and the dictionary covers both pure and applied mathematics as well as statistics.

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Authoritative and reliable, this is the ideal reference guide for students of mathematics at school or in the first year at university. Nearly 1,000 entries have been added for this second edition, and the dictionary provides clear definitions, with helpful examples, of a wide range of mathematical terms and concepts. * Coverage of pure and applied mathematics, as well as statistics * Entries on major mathematicians * Coverage of mathematics of more general interest, including fractals, game theory, and chaos Appendices give useful tables for ready reference

Autor

Christopher Clapham is a former Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Aberdeen University.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.3.1996
• Zusatzinfo: line drawings throughout
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• ISBN-10: 0-19-280041-8 / 0192800418
• ISBN-13: 978-0-19-280041-1 / 9780192800411
• Zustand: Neuware