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The Role and Importance of Mathematics in Innovation

Proceedings of the Forum “Math-for-Industry” 2015

  • Sets forth the role and importance of mathematics in innovation, especially in relation to industrial technology, science, and engineering
  • Is edited and authored by experts in the field with applied and industrial mathematical, scientific, and engineering backgrounds
  • Includes writers who are leading researchers in the field of applied mathematics and industrial mathematical modeling
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Mathematics for Industry (MFI, volume 25)

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Table of contents (15 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Human Choice and Good Choice

    • Takayuki Osogami
    Pages 1-10
  3. On 3D Scanning Technologies for Respiratory Mask Design

    • Dmitry Nikolayevich Znamenskiy
    Pages 11-24
  4. Mathematical Modeling for Break Down of Dynamical Equilibrium in Bone Metabolism

    • Takashi Suzuki, Keiko Itano, Rong Zou, Ryo Iwamoto, Eisuke Mekada
    Pages 25-34
  5. Why Do Hives Die? Using Mathematics to Solve the Problem of Honey Bee Colony Collapse

    • Mary R. Myerscough, David S. Khoury, Sean Ronzani, Andrew B. Barron
    Pages 35-50
  6. Fast, Scalable, and Energy-Efficient Parallel Breadth-First Search

    • Yuichiro Yasui, Katsuki Fujisawa
    Pages 61-75
  7. Relational Hash

    • Avradip Mandal, Arnab Roy
    Pages 103-105
  8. Cryptography and Financial Industry

    • Takenobu Seito
    Pages 107-115
  9. Deformable Human Body Modeling from 3D Medical Image Scans

    • Taehyun Rhee, Patrick Lui, J. P. Lewis
    Pages 143-147
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 175-176

About this book

This book is a collection of papers presented at the “Forum Math-for-Industry 2015” for which the unifying theme was “The Role and Importance of Mathematics in Innovation”, held at the Institute of Mathematics for Industry, Kyushu University, October 26–30, 2015. The theme highlights two key roles that mathematics plays in supporting innovation in science, technology, and daily life, namely, needs-based and idea-based. For the former, mathematics assists with sorting through the possibilities and putting matters on a more rigorous foundation, and for the latter, mathematical models of the possible implementations play a key role. The book gives excellent examples of how mathematics assists with stimulating innovation and, thereby, highlights the importance and relevance of the concept Mathematics_FOR_Industry. The contents of this volume address productive and successful interaction between industry and mathematicians, as well as the cross-fertilization and collaboration that result when mathematics is involved with the advancement of science and technology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Informatics and Statistics, CSIRO Mathematics Informatics and Statistics, Canberra, Australia

    Bob Anderssen

  • Mathematics & Statistics Dept, La Trobe Univ Mathematics & Statistics Dept, Bundoora, Australia

    Philip Broadbridge

  • Inst of Math for Industry, Kyushu University Inst of Math for Industry, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yasuhide Fukumoto, Yoshihiro Mizoguchi, Osamu Saeki

  • Inst of Math for Industry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Naoyuki Kamiyama

  • AG Mathematical Geometry Processing, Freie Univ Berlin AG Mathematical Geometry Processing, Berlin, Germany

    Konrad Polthier

About the editors

Yasuhide Fukumoto (IMI, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan) 
Bob Anderssen (CSIRO, Canberra, Australia)

Philip Broadbridge (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia)

Konrad Polthier (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

Naoyuki Kamiyama (IMI, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)

Yoshihiro Mizoguchi (IMI, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)

Osamu Saeki (IMI, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Role and Importance of Mathematics in Innovation

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Forum “Math-for-Industry” 2015

  • Editors: Bob Anderssen, Philip Broadbridge, Yasuhide Fukumoto, Naoyuki Kamiyama, Yoshihiro Mizoguchi, Konrad Polthier, Osamu Saeki

  • Series Title: Mathematics for Industry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0962-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0961-7Published: 10 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9295-4Published: 22 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0962-4Published: 09 August 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2198-350X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-3518

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 176

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Applications of Mathematics, Mathematical and Computational Engineering

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Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
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