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Barnett Stephen

 

 

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SOME MODERN APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS

Edition

Orig. Ed 1995, Reprint Ed. 2001

Description

Pages

268

This text covers a unique combination of topics.  It emphasizes discrete models using matrix representations, and plays down the importance of calculus and differential equations.  Topics covered are difference equations, error-correcting codes ranging from supermarket bar codes to compact discs, control problems, such as putting a satellite into orbit, and optimizing the use of limited resources.  The style is informal with many examples and exercises all designed to excite interest in mathematics for the contemporary world.  A solutions manual is available for qualified instructors.

Krieger Book Number

231886

ISBN #

1-57524-188-9

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U.S. Dollars

$32.5

"Both students and lecturers should be impressed by this stimulating, informative and well-written text…The layout and style of presentation are exceptionally clear…As a learning tool, with its accompanying solution manual, it is to be highly recommended." -- M.A. Kelmanson, Bulletin Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, Vol. 31, Nos. 9/10, Sept/Oct. 1995

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