Newer Uses of Mathematics

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In Newer Uses of Mathematics six eminent mathematicians explain some of the ways in which mathematics has forged into new areas of inquiry. The weather, animal migration, decision theory, the formation of telephone networks, ruin theory and planning are all now grist to the mathematician's mill and the sophistication of mathematical operations has made it possible to analyse problems far more complex than hitherto.
We start with Sir James Lighthill's chapter on the physical environment: the analysis of the weather, of rainfall and the rational exploration forthe earth's resources. Dr Hiorns continues with the introduction of mathematics into biology, including genetics, pharmacology and zoology, Dr Hollingdale discusses new methods of operational analysis, linear programming and queueing theory, while Professor Potts explains the complexities of networks, The last two chapters, by Professors Beard and Rivett, deal with the new mathematics of finance and planning.... Tovább

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In Newer Uses of Mathematics six eminent mathematicians explain some of the ways in which mathematics has forged into new areas of inquiry. The weather, animal migration, decision theory, the formation of telephone networks, ruin theory and planning are all now grist to the mathematician's mill and the sophistication of mathematical operations has made it possible to analyse problems far more complex than hitherto.
We start with Sir James Lighthill's chapter on the physical environment: the analysis of the weather, of rainfall and the rational exploration forthe earth's resources. Dr Hiorns continues with the introduction of mathematics into biology, including genetics, pharmacology and zoology, Dr Hollingdale discusses new methods of operational analysis, linear programming and queueing theory, while Professor Potts explains the complexities of networks, The last two chapters, by Professors Beard and Rivett, deal with the new mathematics of finance and planning.
'Itiscuriousthatasubject as pure and passionless as mathematics can have anything to say aboutthat messy, ill-structured, chancy world in which we live' writes Professor Rivett, 'fortunately we will find that, whenever we comprehend what was previously mysterious, there is at the centre of everything order, pattern and common sense.'
Sir James Lighthill, F.R.S., is Lucasian Professor of Applied Mathematics at Cambridge University. R. W. Hiorns is University Lecturer in Biomathematics at Oxford University.
S. H. Hollingdale is Head of the Mathematics Department atthe Royal Aircraft Establishment. R. B. Potts is Professor of Applied Mathematics atthe /University of Adelaide. R. E. Beard is Special Professor in the Department of Industrial Economics atthe University of Nottingham. B. H. P. Rivett is Professor of Operational Research at the University of Sussex. Vissza