Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics

Zusatztext "This book is an excellent resource for any mathematics departmental library. The articles cover a vast array of different application of mathematics and are . . . well-written with useful reference lists." ---David Graham! London Mathematical Society Newsletter Informationen zum Autor Nicholas J. Higham is the Richardson Professor of Applied Mathematics at The University of Manchester. Mark R. Dennis is professor of theoretical physics at the University of Bristol. Paul Glendinning is professor of applied mathematics at The University of Manchester. Paul A. Martin is professor of applied mathematics at the Colorado School of Mines. Fadil Santosa is professor of mathematics at the University of Minnesota. Jared Tanner is professor of the mathematics of information at the University of Oxford. Klappentext This is the most authoritative and accessible single-volume reference book on applied mathematics. Featuring numerous entries by leading experts and organized thematically, it introduces readers to applied mathematics and its uses; explains key concepts; describes important equations, laws, and functions; looks at exciting areas of research; covers modeling and simulation; explores areas of application; and more. Modeled on the popular Princeton Companion to Mathematics, this volume is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in other disciplines seeking a user-friendly reference book on applied mathematics. Zusammenfassung This is the most authoritative and accessible single-volume reference book on applied mathematics. Featuring numerous entries by leading experts and organized thematically, it introduces readers to applied mathematics and its uses; explains key concepts; describes important equations, laws, and functions; looks at exciting areas of research; covers

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• Authors: Mark R. Dennis, Nicholas Higham, Nicholas J. Higham, Paul A. Martin
• Assisted by: Nicholas J. Higham (Editor), Higham Nicholas J. (Editor), Jared A. Tanner (Editor), Mark R. Dennis (Co-editor), Dennis Mark R. (Co-editor), Paul Glendinning (Co-editor), Glendinning Paul (Co-editor), Paul A. Martin (Co-editor), Martin Paul A. (Co-editor), Fadil Santosa (Co-editor), Santosa Fadil (Co-editor), Jared Tanner (Co-editor), Tanner Jared (Co-editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2015
• EAN: 9780691150390
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15039-0
• No. of pages: 1032
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; MATHEMATICS / Applied, MATHEMATICS / Reference, Reference works, Applied mathematics