Excursions in Modern Mathematics

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tannenbaum, Peter , 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Prentice Hall c2010
Edition:Seventh edition
Subjects:

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505 0 |a 1. The Mathematics of voting: the paradox of democracy -- 2. The Mathematics of power: weighted voting systems -- 3. The Mathematics of sharing: fair-division games -- 4. The Mathematics of apportionment: making the rounds -- 5. The Mathematics of getting around: euler paths and circuits -- 6. The Mathematics of touring: the traveling salesman problem -- 7. The Mathematics of networks: the cost of being connected -- 8. Chasing the critical path: The Mathematics of scheduling -- 9. The Mathematics of spiral growth in nature: fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio -- 10. The Mathematics of money: spending it, saving it, and growing it -- 11. The Mathematics of symmetry: beyond reflection -- 12. The geometry of fractal shapes: naturally irregular -- 13. Collecting statistical data: censuses, surveys, and clinical studies -- 14. Descriptive statistics: graphing and summarizing data -- 15. Chances, probabilities, and odds: measuring uncertainty -- 16. The Mathematics of normal distributions: the call of the bell 
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