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Mathematics Today Twelve Informal Essays

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  • © 1978

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Editors:
  1. Lynn Arthur Steen

    1. Saint Olaf College, Northfield, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Mathematics Today

    1. Mathematics Today

      • Lynn Arthur Steen
      Pages 1-12

  3. Part One

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Mathematics — Our Invisible Culture

      • Allen L. Hammond
      Pages 15-34

  4. Part Two

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Number Theory

      • Ian Richards
      Pages 37-64

    3. Groups and Symmetry

      • Jonathan L. Alperin
      Pages 65-82

    4. The Geometry of the Universe

      • Roger Penrose
      Pages 83-125

    5. The Mathematics of Meteorology

      • Philip Duncan Thompson
      Pages 127-152

    6. The Four-Color Problem

      • Kenneth Appel, Wolfgang Haken
      Pages 153-180

  5. Part Three

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
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    2. Combinatorial Scheduling Theory

      • Ronald L. Graham
      Pages 183-211

    3. Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data

      • David S. Moore
      Pages 213-239

    4. What is a Computation?

      • Martin Davis
      Pages 241-267

    5. Mathematics as a Tool for Economic Understanding

      • Jacob T. Schwartz
      Pages 269-295

    6. Mathematical Aspects of Population Biology

      • Frank C. Hoppensteadt
      Pages 297-320

  6. Part Four

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 321-321
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    2. The Relevance of Mathematics

      • Felix E. Browder, Saunders Mac Lane
      Pages 323-350

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 351-367
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Saint Olaf College, Northfield, USA

    Lynn Arthur Steen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mathematics Today Twelve Informal Essays

  • Editors: Lynn Arthur Steen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9435-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-9437-2Published: 21 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-9435-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 367

  • Topics: Mathematics, general

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