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Mathematical Excursions

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

01.01.2026

Verlag

Cengage Learning

Seitenzahl

944

Maße (L/B/H)

22,4/28,5/4,4 cm

Gewicht

2304 g

Auflage

5. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

EAN

9798214011264

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

01.01.2026

Verlag

Cengage Learning

Seitenzahl

944

Maße (L/B/H)

22,4/28,5/4,4 cm

Gewicht

2304 g

Auflage

5. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

EAN

9798214011264

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Mathematical Excursions
  • 1. PROBLEM SOLVING. Inductive and Deductive Reasoning. Excursion: The Monty Hall Problem. Estimation and Graphs. Excursion: Scientific Notation. Problem Solving with Patterns. Excursion: Polygonal Numbers. Problem-Solving Strategies. Excursion: Routes on a Probability Demonstrator. Chapter 1 Summary. Chapter 1 Review Exercises. Chapter 1 Test. 2. SETS. Basic Properties of Sets. Excursion: Fuzzy Sets. Complements, Subsets, and Venn Diagrams. Excursion: Subsets and Complements of Fuzzy Sets. Set Operations. Excursion: Union and Intersection of Fuzzy Sets. Applications of Sets. Excursion: Voting Systems. Infinite Sets. Excursion: Transfinite Arithmetic. Chapter 2 Summary. Chapter 2 Review Exercises. Chapter 2 Test. 3. LOGIC. Logic Statements and Quantifiers. Excursion: Switching Networks. Truth Tables Equivalent Statements and Tautologies. Excursion: Switching Networks-Part II. The Conditional and the Biconditional. Excursion: Logic Gates. The Conditional and Related Statements. Excursion: Sheffer's Stroke and the NAND Gate. Symbolic Arguments. Excursion: Fallacies. Arguments and Euler Diagrams. Excursion: Using Logic to Solve Cryptarithms. Chapter 3 Summary. Chapter 3 Review Exercises. Chapter 3 Test. 4. APPORTIONMENT AND VOTING. Introduction to Apportionment. Excursion: Apportioning the 1790 House of Representatives. Introduction to Voting. Excursion: Variations of the Borda Count Method. Weighted Voting Systems. Excursion: Blocking Coalitions and the Banzhaf Power Index. Chapter 4 Summary. Chapter 4 Review Exercises. Chapter 4 Test. 5. THE MATHEMATICS OF GRAPHS. Graphs and Euler Circuits. Excursion: Pen-Tracing Puzzles. Weighted Graphs. Excursion: Minimal Spanning Trees. Planarity and Euler's Formula. Excursion: The Five Regular Convex Polyhedra. Graph Coloring. Excursion: Modeling Traffic Lights with Graphs. Chapter 5 Summary. Chapter 5 Review Exercises. Chapter 5 Test. 6. NUMERATION SYSTEMS AND NUMBER THEORY. Early Numeration Systems. Excursion: A Rosetta Tablet for the Traditional Chinese Numeration System. Place-Value Systems. Excursion: Subtraction via the Nines Complement and the End-Around Carry. Different Base Systems. Excursion: Information Retrieval via a Binary Search. Arithmetic in Different Bases. Excursion: Subtraction in Base Two via the Ones Complement and the End-Around Carry. Prime Numbers. Excursion: The Distribution of the Primes. Topics from Number Theory. Excursion: A Sum of the Divisors Formula. Chapter 6 Summary. Chapter 6 Review Exercises. Chapter 6 Test. 7. MEASUREMENT AND GEOMETRY. Measurement. Excursion: Drawing with a Straightedge and a Compass. Basic Concepts of Euclidean Geometry. Excursion: Lines of Symmetry. Perimeter and Area of Plane Figures. Excursion: Tessellations. Properties of Triangles. Excursion: Topology: A Brief Introduction. Volume and Surface Area. Excursion: Water Displacement. Right Triangle Trigonometry. Excursion: Approximating the Value of a Trigonometric Ratio. Non-Euclidean Geometry. Excursion: Finding Geodesics. Fractals. Excursion: The Heighway Dragon Fractal. Chapter 7 Summary. Chapter 7 Review Exercises. Chapter 7 Test. 8. MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS. Modular Arithmetic. Excursion: Computing the Day of the Week. Applications of Modular Arithmetic. Excursion: Public Key Cryptography. Introduction to Group Theory. Excursion: Wallpaper Groups. Chapter 8 Summary. Chapter 8 Review Exercises. Chapter 8 Test. 9. APPLICATIONS OF FUNCTIONS. Rectangular Coordinates and Functions. Excursion: Dilations of a Geometric Figure. Properties of Linear Functions. Excursion: Negative Velocity. Finding Linear Models. Excursion: A Linear Business Model. Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables. Excursion: Rate-of-Wind and Rate-of-Current Problems. Quadratic Functions. Excursion: Reflective Properties of a Parabola. Exponential Functions. Excursion: Chess and Exponential Functions. Logarithmic Functions. Excursion: Benford's Law. Chapter 9 Summary. Chapter 9 Review Exercises. Chapter 9 Test. 10.