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Mathematics All Around Tom Pirnot

Mathematics All Around By Tom Pirnot

Mathematics All Around by Tom Pirnot


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Mathematics All Around by Tom Pirnot

Tom Pirnot believes that conceptual understanding is the key to a student's success in learning mathematics. He focuses on explaining the thinking behind the subject matter, so that students are able to truly understand the material and apply it to their lives. This textbook maintains a conversational tone throughout and focuses on motivating students and the mathematics through current applications. Ultimately, students who use this book will become more educated consumers of the vast amount of technical and mathematical information that they encounter daily, transforming them into mathematically aware citizens.

Table of Contents

1. Set Theory: Using Mathematics to Classify Objects.

Problem Solving.Estimation.The Language of Sets.Comparing Sets.Set Operations.Survey Problems.Of Further Interest: Infinite Sets.

2. Logic: The Study of What's True or False or Somewhere in Between.

Inductive and Deductive Reasoning.Statements, Connectives, and Quantifiers.Truth Tables.The Conditional and Biconditional.Verifying Arguments.Using Euler Diagrams to Verify Syllogisms.Of Further Interest: Fuzzy Logic.

3. Graph Theory: The Mathematics of Relationships.

Graphs, Puzzles, and Map Coloring.The Traveling Salesperson Problem.Directed Graphs.Of Further Interest: Scheduling Projects Using PERT.

4. Numeration Systems: Does It Matter How We Name Numbers?

The Evolution of Numeration Systems.Place Value Systems.Calculating in Other Bases.Of Further Interest: Modular Systems.

5. Number Theory and the Real Number System: Understanding the Numbers All Around Us.

Number Theory.The Integers.The Rational Numbers.The Real Number System.Exponents and Scientific Notation.Of Further Interest: Sequences.

6. Algebraic Models: How Do We Approximate Reality?

Linear Equations.Modeling With Linear Equations.Modeling with Quadratic Equations.Exponential Equations and Growth.Proportions and Variation.Functions.Of Further Interest: Dynamical Systems.

7. Modeling with Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities: What's the Best Way to Do It?

Systems of Linear Equations.Systems of Linear Inequalities.Of Further Interest: Linear Programming.

8. Geometry: Ancient and Modern Mathematics Embrace.

Lines, Angles, and Circles.Polygons.Perimeter and Area.Volume and Surface Area.The Metric System and Dimensional Analysis.Geometric Symmetry and Tessellations.Of Further Interest: Fractals.

9. Apportionment: How Do We Measure Fairness?

Understanding Apportionment.The Huntington-Hill Apportionment Principle.Applications of the Apportionment Principle.Other Paradoxes and Apportionment Methods.Of Further Interest: Fair Division.

10. Voting: Using Mathematics to Make Choices.

Voting Methods.Defects in Voting Methods.Weighted Voting Systems.Of Further Interest: The Shapley-Shubik Index.

11. Consumer Mathematics: The Mathematics of Everyday Life.

Percent.Interest.Consumer Loans.Annuities.Amortization.Of Further Interest: The Annual Percentage Rate.

12. Counting: Just How Many Are There?

Introduction to Counting Methods.The Fundamental Counting Principle.Permutations and Combinations.Of Further Interest: Counting and Gambling.

13. Probability: What Are the Chances?

The Basics of Probability Theory.Complements and Unions of Events.Conditional Probability and Intersections of Events.Expected Value.Of Further Interest: Binomial Experiments. 14. Descriptive Statistics: What Does a Data Set Tell Us? Organizing and Visualizing Data.Measures of Central Tendency.Measures of Dispersion.The Normal Distribution.Of Further Interest: Linear Correlation.

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CIN0321356861G
9780321356864
0321356861
Mathematics All Around by Tom Pirnot
Used - Good
Hardback
Pearson Education (US)
2006-02-23
960
N/A
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