The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Higham, Nicholas J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The must-have compendium on applied mathematics

This is the most authoritative and accessible single-volume reference book on applied mathematics. Featuring numerous entries by leading experts and organized thematically, it introduces readers to applied mathematics and its uses; explains key concepts; describes important equations, laws, and functions; looks at exciting areas of research; covers modeling and simulation; explores areas of application; and more.

Modeled on the popular Princeton Companion to Mathematics, this volume is an indispensable resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in other disciplines seeking a user-friendly reference book on applied mathematics.

• Features nearly 200 entries organized thematically and written by an international team of distinguished contributors
• Presents the major ideas and branches of applied mathematics in a clear and accessible way
• Explains important mathematical concepts, methods, equations, and applications
• Introduces the language of applied mathematics and the goals of applied mathematical research
• Gives a wide range of examples of mathematical modeling
• Covers continuum mechanics, dynamical systems, numerical analysis, discrete and combinatorial mathematics, mathematical physics, and much more
• Explores the connections between applied mathematics and other disciplines
• Includes suggestions for further reading, cross-references, and a comprehensive index

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781400874477
• Artikelnr.: 43815232

Autorenporträt

Edited by Nicholas J. Higham Mark R. Dennis, Paul Glendinning, Paul A. Martin, Fadil Santosa & Jared Tanner, associate editors