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Informationen zum Autor Paul Glendinning is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester. He was a student and a lecturer at Cambridge before moving to a chair at Queen Mary, University of London and then Manchester (UMIST). He was founding Head of School for Mathematics at the combined University of Manchester and has published over fifty academic articles and an undergraduate textbook on chaos theory. Klappentext A simple and accessible guide to maths, with 200 key mathematical ideas. Each one is quick and easy to remember, with a picture and a 200 word explanation. Zusammenfassung Paul Glendinning is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester. He was founding Head of School for Mathematics at the combined University of Manchester and has published over fifty academic articles and an undergraduate textbook on chaos theory. Both simple and accessible, Maths in Minutes is a visually led introduction to 200 key mathematical concepts. Each concept is described by means of an easy-to-understand illustration and a compact, 200-word explanation. Concepts span all of the key areas of mathematics, including Fundamentals of Mathematics, Sets and Numbers, Geometry, Equations, Limits, Functions and Calculus, Vectors and Algebra, Complex Numbers, Combinatorics, Number Theory, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Numbers. Sets. Sequences and series. Geometry. Algebra. Functions and calculus. Vectors and matrices. Abstract algebra. Complex numbers. Combinatorics. Spaces and topology. Logic and proof. Number theory. Glossary. Index.
