Schaum's Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables
Students and research workers in mathematics, physics, engineering and other sciences will find this compilation of more than 2000 mathematical formulas and tables invaluable. They will see quickly why half a million copies were sold of the first edition! All the information included is practical -- rarely used results are excluded. Topics range from elementary to advanced-from algebra, trigonometry and calculus to vector analysis, Bessel functions, Legendre polynomials and elliptic integrals. Great care has been taken to present all results concisely and clearly. Excellent to keep as a handy reference!
Dictionary of applied math for engineers and scientists Clear, concise definitions of mathematical terms are not easy to locate, and despite the seemingly close connections between math and other scientific and engineering fields, practical explanations comprehensible to those who are not primarily mathematicians are even more difficult to find. The Dictionary of Applied Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists fills that void. It contains authoritative yet accessible definitions to mathematical terms often encountered in other disciplines. This practical lexicon will help students and professionals alike make sure they use mathematical terminology correctly and fully understand the mathematical literature encountered in their fields.
Mathematical Statistics: Exercises and Solutions
This book consists of solutions to four hundred exercises, over 95% of
which are in the author’s Mathematical Statistics. That textbook covers
topics in statistical theory essential for graduate students preparing
for work on a Ph.D. degree in statistics. On the other hand, this is a
stand-alone book, since exercises and solutions are comprehensible
independently of their source. Many solutions involve standard
exercises that appear in other textbooks listed in the references. To
help readers not using this book with Mathematical Statistics, lists of
notation, terminology, and some probability distributions are given in
the front of the book.
The Second Scientific American Book of Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions
This delightful collection from the magician of math introduces readers to magic squares, the Generalized Ham Sandwich Theorem, origami, digital roots, an update of the Induction Game of Eleusis, Dudeney puzzles, the maze at Hampton Court palace, and many more mathematical puzzles and principles.
New Mathematical Diversions: More Puzzles, Problems, Games, and
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New Mathematical Diversions: More Puzzles, Problems, Games, and Other Mathematical Diversions (Spectrum Series)
By Martin Gardner
Another collection of pearls of mathematical wisdom
If there were a mathematics of watching paint dry, Martin Gardner would make it interesting. Without peer as a popularizer of mathematics, he is equally adept at explaining all areas. This book, another updated collection of his Scientific American columns, is a twenty member set of polished pearls. Although somewhat mundane as a descriptive adjective, the word readable fits his writing like a custom made body stocking.
Always interesting and entertaining, reading his essays is somewhat like eating tiny chocolate bars. You can't get enough, each seems too small, and there are no negative side effects.
Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission
