Sources in the development of mathematics : infinite series and products from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century / by Roy, Ranjan, 1948-

Subjects: “…Mathematics Historiography.…”
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From genetics to mathematics /

Subjects: “…Genetics Mathematical models.…”
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A history of mathematics : from Mesopotamia to modernity / by Hodgkin, Luke Howard, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Babylonian mathematics -- Greeks and 'origins' -- Greeks, practical and theoretical -- Chinese mathematics -- Islam, neglect and discovery -- Understanding the 'scientific revolution' -- The calculus -- Geometries and space -- Modernity and its anxieties -- A chaotic end?…”
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Introducing philosophy of mathematics / by Friend, Michèle

Table of Contents: “…1. Infinity -- 2. Mathematical platonism and realism -- 3. Logicism -- 4. …”
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The mathematics of signal processing / by Damelin, Steven B.

Subjects: “…Signal processing Mathematics.…”
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History in mathematics education /

Subjects: “…Mathematics Study and teaching.…”
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Mathematical Statistical Physics : Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School 2005. by Bovier, Anton

Table of Contents: “…Course 8 Dynamics of trap modelsCourse 9 Quantum entropy and quantum information; Course 10 Two lectures on iterative coding and statistical mechanics; Course 11 Evolution in fluctuating populations; Course 12 Multi-scale analysis of population models; Course 13 Elements of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; Course 14 Mathematical aspects of the abelian sandpile model; Course 15 Gibbsianness and non-Gibbsianness in.…”
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Mathematics in Victorian Britain. by Flood, Raymond

Table of Contents: “…Cambridge: The rise and fall of the mathematical tripos /…”
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Mathematical Methods in Linguistics / by Partee, Barbara H.

Table of Contents: “…MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN LINGUISTICS -- Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy Volume 30 -- MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN LINGUISTICS corrected second printing of the first edition -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Symbols -- Preface -- Part A SET THEORY -- Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Set Theory -- Chapter 2 Relations and Functions -- Chapter 3 Properties of Relations -- Chapter 4 Infinities -- Appendix A Set-Theoretic Reconstruction of Number Systems -- Review Exercises -- Part B LOGIC AND FORMAL SYSTEMS -- Chapter 5 Basic Concepts of Logic and Formal Systems -- Chapter 6 Statement Logic -- Chapter 7 Predicate Logic -- Chapter 8 Formal Systems, Axiomatization, and Model Theory -- Appendix B-I Alternative Notations and Connectives -- Appendix B-II Kleene's Three-valued Logic -- Review Exercises -- Part C ALGEBRA -- Chapter 9 Basic Concepts of Algebra -- Chapter 10 Operational Structures -- Chapter 11 Lattices -- Chapter 12 Boolean and Heyting Algebras -- Review Exercises -- Part D ENGLISH AS A FORMAL LANGUAGE -- Chapter 13 Basic Concepts -- Chapter 14 Generalized Quantifiers -- Chapter 15 Intensionality -- Part E LANGUAGES, GRAMMARS, AND AUTOMATA -- Chapter 16 Basic Concepts -- Chapter 17 Finite Automata, Regular Languages and Type 3 Grammars -- Chapter 18 Pushdown Automata, Context Free Grammars and Languages -- Chapter 19 Turing Machines, Recursively Enumerable Languages and Type 0 Grammars -- Chapter 20 Linear Bounded Automata, Context Sensitive Languages and Type 1 Grammars -- Chapter 21 Languages Between Context Free and Context Sensitive -- Chapter 22 Transformational Grammars -- Appendix E-I The Chomsky Hierarchy -- Appendix E-II Semantic Automata -- Review Exercises -- Solutions to selected exercises -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Mathematical and computational modeling : with applications in natural and social sciences, engineering, and the arts /

Table of Contents: “…Universality of Mathematical Models in Understanding Nature, Society, and Man-Made World / Roderick Melnik -- Magnetic Vortices, Abrikosov Lattices, and Automorphic Functions / Israel Michael Sigal -- Numerical Challenges in a Cholesky-Decomposed Local Correlation Quantum Chemistry Framework / David B. …”
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Perspectives in mathematical sciences. II, Pure mathematics

Subjects: “…Mathematics Congresses.…”
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Introduction to mathematical elasticity / by Lebedev, L. P.

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Mathematics in Western Culture. by Kline, Morris

Table of Contents: “…True and False Conceptions; II: The Rule of Thumb in Mathematics; III: The Birth of the Mathematical Spirit; IV: The Elements of Euclid; V: Placing a Yardstick to the Stars; VI: Nature Acquires Reason; VII: Interlude; VIII: Renewal of the Mathematical Spirit; IX: The Harmony of the World; X: Painting and Perspective; XI: Science Born of Art: Projective Geometry; XII: A Discourse on Method; XIII: The Quantitative Approach to Nature; XIV: The Deduction of Universal Laws; XV: Grasping the Fleeting Instant: The Calculus.…”
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Mathematical Logic in Asia : Proceedings of the 9th Asian Logic Conference. by Goncharov, S. S.

Subjects: “…Logic, Symbolic and mathematical Congresses.…”
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Mathematical chemistry and chemoinformatics : structure generation, elucidation, and quantitative structure-property relationships / by Kerber, Adalbert, Laue, Reinhard, Meringer, Markus, Rücker, Christoph, Schymanski, Emma, 1980-

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Mathematics for Engineers and Technologists. by Fox, Huw

Table of Contents: “…Vectors, phasors and complex numbers; 2.1 Vectors; 2.2 Phasors; 2.3 Complex numbers; Chapter 3. Mathematical models; 3.1 Modelling; 3.2 Relating models and data; Chapter 4. …”
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50 visions of mathematics /

Subjects: “…Mathematics Popular works.…”
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Mathematics and General Relativity. by Isenberg, James A.

Subjects: “…General relativity (Physics) Mathematics Congresses.…”
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Advances in mathematics research.

Subjects: “…Mathematics.…”
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Dictionary of mathematical geosciences : with historical notes / by Howarth, Richard J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; Contents; Acronyms, Abbreviations and Symbols; Acronyms; Abbreviations [Notation]; Mathematical Symbols [Notation]; Set Theory Symbols [Notation]; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Bibliography.…”
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Critical mathematics education : Can democratic mathematics education survive under neoliberal regime? by Avcı, Bülent

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Logic and Discrete Mathematics A Concise Introduction. by Conradie, Willem

Table of Contents: “…4.4 Truth, logical validity, equivalence and consequence in first-order logic -- 4.5 Semantic tableaux for first-order logic -- 4.6 Prenex and clausal normal forms -- 4.7 Resolution in first-order logic -- 4.8 Applications of first-order logic to mathematical reasoning and proofs -- Chapter 5: Number Theory -- 5.1 The principle of mathematical induction revisited -- 5.2 Divisibility -- 5.3 Computing greatest common divisors. …”
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Mathematical physics II classical statistical mechanics: lecture notes / by Petrera, Matteo

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Metaphysics, Mathematics, and Meaning : Philosophical Papers, Volume I. by Salmon, Nathan

Table of Contents: “…(1995u) -- Part IV. Philosophy of mathematics -- Wholes, parts, and numbers (1997) -- The limits of human mathematics (2001) -- Part V. …”
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Chinese mathematical astrology : reaching out to the stars / by Ho, Peng Yoke, 1926-

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Frontiers Of Applied Mathematics : Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium. by Hsieh, Din-Yu

Table of Contents: “…I. Weinstein; Some Mathematical Properties of Long Waves D. J. Benney; New Solitary Wave Structures in TweDimensional Periodic Media Z. …”
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Mathematics of Shape Description : a Morphological Approach to Image Processing and Computer Graphics. by Ghosh, Pijush K.

Table of Contents: “…MATHEMATICS OF SHAPE DESCRIPTION; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 In Search of a Framework for Shape Description; 2 Sets and Functions for Shape Description; 3 Algebraic Structures for Shape Description; 4 Morphological Models for Shape Description and Minkowski Operators; 5 Arithmetics of Geometric Shape; 6 Morphological Operations on Nonconvex Objects; 7 The Morphological Decomposability and Indecomposability of Binary Shapes; References; Index.…”
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The Autonomy of Mathematical Knowledge : Hilbert's Program Revisited. by Franks, Curtis

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Easy Mathematics for Biologists. by Foster, Peter C.

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Mathematics for Economics and Finance. by Harrison, Michael

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Practical Discrete Mathematics Discover Math Principles That Fuel Algorithms for Computer Science and Machine Learning with Python. by White, Ryan T.

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents Key Concepts, Notation, Set Theory, Relations, and Functions Formal Logic and Constructing Mathematical Proofs Computing with Base-n Numbers Combinatorics Using SciPy Elements of Discrete Probability Computational Algorithms in Linear Algebra Computational Requirements for Algorithms Storage and Feature Extraction of Graphs, Trees, and Networks Searching Data Structures and Finding Shortest Paths Regression Analysis with NumPy and Scikit-Learn Web Searches with PageRank Principal Component Analysis with Scikit-Learn.…”
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Revisiting Mathematics Education : China Lectures / by Freudenthal, Hans

Table of Contents: “…Mathematics Phenomenologically -- Didactical Principles -- The Landscape of Mathematics Education.…”
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The elements of mathematical semantics / by Aldridge, M. V. (Maurice Vincent)

Table of Contents: “…1 Some topics in semantics -- 1.1 Aims of this study -- 1.2 Mathematical linguistics -- 1.3 A functional view of meaning -- 1.4 Truth conditions and truth values -- 1.5 Counterfactuals -- 1.6 Compositionality and syntax -- 1.7 Pragmatics -- 1.8 Propositional relations -- 1.9 Ambiguity -- 1.10 Formal logic and natural languages -- 1.11 Universal semantics -- 2 Background notions from mathematics -- 2.1 Purpose of this chapter -- 2.2 Sets -- 2.3 The cardinality of a set -- 2.4 Product sets -- 2.5 Relations and functions -- 2.6 Equivalence relations…”
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Common misconceptions in mathematics : strategies to correct them / by Ojose, Bobby

Subjects: “…Mathematics.…”
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Development of mathematical cognition : neural substrates and genetic influences /

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover -- Development of Mathematical Cognition: Neural Substrates and Genetic Influences -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- References -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: How the Study of Neurobiological and Genetic Factors Can Enhance Our Understanding of Mathematica ... -- Introduction -- Neurobiological Perspectives on Mathematical Cognitive Development -- Using Neuroimaging Methods to Study Children's Mathematical Development -- Mathematical Cognition and Development: Brain Structure and Function -- A Brief History -- The Developing Brain -- Brain Imaging Methods Used in Studying Mathematical Cognitive Development -- Criticisms of fMRI -- Reverse Inference -- How Brain Imaging Can Advance Cognitive Theorizing -- Behavioral and Neuro-genetics of Mathematical Cognition -- Interpretive Challenges -- Behavioral Genetics in the Age of Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Part I: Neural substrates -- Chapter 2: Number Symbols in the Brain -- Introduction -- Which Brain Regions Are Engaged During the Processing of Numerical Symbols? …”
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Educating Mathematical Scientists : Doctoral Study and the Postdoctoral Experience in the United States. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…Educating Mathematical Scientists: DOCTORAL STUDY AND THE POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES; Copyright; PREFACE; Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1 INTRODUCTION; PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THIS REPORT; CONTENTS OF THIS REPORT; 2 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; THE EARLY YEARS; THE ERA OF GROWTH; THE ERA OF CONTRACTION; THE RECENT PAST; 3 THE PRESENT SYSTEM AND SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS; CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS; 4 HUMAN RESOURCE ISSUES; RECRUITMENT; ADMISSION; DOMESTIC STUDENTS; WOMEN AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES; FOREIGN STUDENTS; PLACEMENT; 5 FOCUSED, REALISTIC MISSION; STANDARD MODEL.…”
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Adults, mathematics, and work : from research into practice / by Keogh, John J., Maguire, Theresa, O'Donoghue, John, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : what this book is about -- Adults using mathematics in the workplace : it's not mathematics, it's just common sense, part of the job -- Identifying and measuring mathematics invisibility in the workplace : stripping away the layers that hide what a person knows about mathematics -- Broadening the scope : design and key findings of the national survey of people at work -- Job shadowing : four case studies of people engaged in their job -- From research into practice : how to bring the benefit of research to learners.…”
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The language of mathematics education : an expanded glossary of key terms and concepts in mathematics teaching and learning / by Dingman, Shannon W., 1977-

Subjects: “…Mathematics Study and teaching Terminology.…”
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Teaching Mathematics Today by Lehmann, Erin

Subjects: “…Mathematics Study and teaching.…”
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Language for learning mathematics : assessment for learning in practice / by Lee, Clare S.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- How this book tells its story -- Chapter 01 Increase discourse increase learning -- Discourse and Assessment for Learning -- Mathematical language a barrier to overcome -- Increase mathematical discourse, increase learning -- The benefits of pupils8217; involvement in mathematical discourse -- Communities outside the classroom -- Making connections in mathematics -- Action research -- Chapter 02 Mathematical language what it is and what it isn8217;t -- The mathematics register -- Important features of the mathematics register -- Issues in using mathematical language in the classroom -- Conclusion -- Chapter 03 Starting to talk in the mathematics classroom -- Organizing the classroom -- Including everyone in the discourse getting the ethos right -- Time is a big issue in learning -- Building a facility with mathematical language -- Practical approaches to use in the classroom -- Conclusion -- Chapter 04 Assessment for Learning -- Introduction -- Learning objectives and success criteria -- Questions and answers -- Feedback -- Peer and self-assessment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 05 Going further with purposeful communication in mathematics -- Involving the pupils in the learning process -- Challenge is an issue in pupils8217; learning -- Literacy and mathematics -- Conclusion -- Chapter 06 The source of the ideas delving into theory -- Introduction -- An overview of the theory linking language and learning -- Mathematical language and theories of learning -- Assessment for Learning -- The mathematics classroom as a discourse community -- Thinking and speech are intimately connected in the learning process -- Changes in the teacher8217;s and the pupils8217; role in a mathematical discourse community -- Changing practice -- Conclusion -- Chapter 07 Looking at practice more deeply -- A discourse community -- Key characteristics of a discourse community -- Changing practice -- The end or the beginning? …”
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