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THE PENGUIN DICTIONARY OF
MATHEMATICS
From algebra to number theory
and from statistics to mechanics, this versatile dictionary takes in all branches of pure
and applied mathematics. Invaluable for students at school and university level, it is
also a useful source book for economists, business people, engineers, technicians and
scientists of all kinds who need a knowledge of mathematics in the course of their work.
• Over 3200 entries,
supported by dozens of explanatory diagrams
• Updated and expanded
entries on such topics as chaos. fractals and graph theory
• Biographies of over 200
key figures in mathematics
• Comprehensive coverage of
subjects taught in school and college
'This book is a masterpiece
of modest exposition - from words to symbols, from concepts to formalisms' new scientist
'A student's delight -
virtually every term a college mathematics student would be expected to know (and lots
more too)' american maithematical monthly