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List of contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- A to Z entries
- Areas and volumes
- Centres of mass
- Moments of inertia
- SI units and constants
- Geometry: equations of lines and planes
- Basic algebra
- Derivatives
- Integrals
- Common ordinary differential equations and solutions
- Series
- Convergence tests for series
- Common inequalities
- Trigonometric formulae
- Probability distributions
- Vector algebra and differential operators
- Groups of orders up to 15
- List of primes up to 1000
- Symbols
- Greek letters
- Roman numerals
- Fields Medal winners
- Millennium Prize problems
- Historical timeline
About the author
Richard Earl is Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, and Senior Mathematics Tutor at Worcester College, Oxford. He has taught a range of pure and applied mathematics at undergraduate and graduate level, specializing in algebra, geometry, and topology, as well as presenting various mathematics to secondary school students at masterclasses and summer schools. He is the author of Towards Higher Mathematics: A Companion (CUP, 2017), and Topology: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2019).
James Nicholson has a mathematics degree from Cambridge, and taught at Harrow School for twelve years before becoming Head of Mathematics at Belfast Royal Academy in 1990. From 2003 he has worked mostly with the School of Education at Durham University and as an education consultant for a variety of organizations. He is the author of four A-level Statistics texts, two GCSE Mathematics revision guides, and he is a contributing author for a number of other mathematics textbooks.
Summary
This dictionary provides clear definitions for over 4,000 pure and applied mathematics terms, including key theories, concepts, methods, people, and terminology. The new edition expands its coverage across a wide range of pure and applied topics, particularly at first- and second-year university levels. It also includes a new historical timeline.
