Dictionary of Mathematics

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THE COLLINS DICTIONARY OF MATHEMATICS contains over 4,000 entries and 400 diagrams, making it the most comprehensive dictionary of its kind available in paperback.
Covering an enormous range of technical terms from both pure and applied maths, the Dictionary goes beyond basic definitions to provide helpful explanations and examples, geared to the level of student who is liable to be looking up the particular term. The rigorous lexicographical approach is particularly appropriate to mathematics, where precision in the definition of terms is so vital.
At undergraduate level, the reader will find extensive information on such fields as real and complex analysis, abstract algebra, number theory, metamathematics and the foundations of mathematics, topology, vector calculus, continuum mechanics, differential equations, measure theory, logic, and graph theory.
At the school level the subjects covered include algebra; set theory; groups, rings and fields; mappings,... Tovább

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COLLINS
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THE COLLINS DICTIONARY OF MATHEMATICS contains over 4,000 entries and 400 diagrams, making it the most comprehensive dictionary of its kind available in paperback.
Covering an enormous range of technical terms from both pure and applied maths, the Dictionary goes beyond basic definitions to provide helpful explanations and examples, geared to the level of student who is liable to be looking up the particular term. The rigorous lexicographical approach is particularly appropriate to mathematics, where precision in the definition of terms is so vital.
At undergraduate level, the reader will find extensive information on such fields as real and complex analysis, abstract algebra, number theory, metamathematics and the foundations of mathematics, topology, vector calculus, continuum mechanics, differential equations, measure theory, logic, and graph theory.
At the school level the subjects covered include algebra; set theory; groups, rings and fields; mappings, operators and matrices; trigonometry and geometry; integral and differential calculus; mechanics; and probability and statistics. These subjects are also dealt with at higher levels where appropriate.
The biographies of major mathematicians and the discursive explanations of paradoxes also make the Dictionary interesting and informative for the browser, and help to round off what will be an ideal course companion at many levels. The Dictionary also includes a list of symbols.
Ephraim Borowski is a lecturer in logic in the Department of Philosophy at Glasgow University with a particular interest in logic and the philosophy of mathematics. He is also mathematics consultant to the Collins English Dictionary. Jonathan Borwein is a professor of mathematics at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and is a widely published research mathematician. Vissza