Oxford Users' Guide to Mathematics

The Oxford Users' Guide to Mathematics is one of the leading handbooks on mathematics available. It presents a comprehensive modern picture of mathematics and emphasises the relations between the different branches of mathematics, and the applications of mathematics in engineering and the natural sciences.

List of contents

• 0: Introduction: Formulas, Graphs, Tables


• 1: Analysis


• 2: Algebra


• 3: Geometry


• 4: Foundations of Mathematics


• 5: Calculus of Variations and Optimization


• 6: Stochastic Calculus - Mathematics of Chance


• 7: Numerical Mathematics


• 8: Appendices: History, Names, Index, Notations, Fundamental Constants

About the author

Eberhard Zeidler, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany

Summary

The Oxford Users' Guide to Mathematics is one of the leading handbooks on mathematics available. It presents a comprehensive modern picture of mathematics and emphasises the relations between the different branches of mathematics, and the applications of mathematics in engineering and the natural sciences.

Additional text

Immeasurably superior [to other encyclopedias on the market]

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Hunt, Eberhard Zeidler, Eberhard/ Hunt Zeidler
• Assisted by: Eberhard Zeidler (Editor), Eberhard (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences Zeidler (Editor), Zeidler Eberhard (Editor), Bruce Hunt (Translation), Hunt Bruce (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.2013
• EAN: 9780199686926
• ISBN: 978-0-19-968692-6
• No. of pages: 1312
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics; SCIENCE / Chemistry / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General), SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering: general, 3D graphics & modelling, COMPUTERS / Design, Graphics & Media / Graphics Tools, 3D graphics and modelling