عنوان

Mathematics, a human endeavor :

شابک

0716713268

شابک

9780716713265

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Mathematics, a human endeavor :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

a book for those who think they don't like the subject /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Harold R. Jacobs.

وضعيت ويراست

2nd ed.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

San Francisco :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

W.H. Freeman,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

c1982.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiii, 649 p. :

ساير جزييات

ill. (some col.) ;

ابعاد

26 cm.

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

The path of billiard ball -- More billiard-ball mathematics -- Inductive reasoning: Finding and extending patterns -- The limitations of inductive reasoning -- Deductive reasoning: Mathematical proof -- Number tricks and deductive reasoning -- Arithmetic sequences: Growth at a constant rate -- Geometric sequences: Growth at an increasing rate -- The binary sequence -- The sequence of squares -- The sequence of cubes -- The Fibonacci sequence -- The idea of a function -- Descartes and the coordinate graph -- Graphing linear functions -- Functions with parabolic graphs -- More functions with curved graphs -- Interpolation and extrapolation: Guessing between and beyond -- Large numbers -- Scientific notation -- An introduction to logarithms -- Logarithms and scientific notation -- Computing with Logarithms -- Logarithmic scales -- Symmetry -- Regular polygons -- Mathematical mosaics -- Regular polyhedra: The platonic solids -- Semiregular polyhedra -- Pyramids and prisms -- The circle and the ellipse -- The parabola -- They hyperbola -- The sine curve -- Spirals -- The cycloid -- The fundamental counting principle -- Permutations -- More on permutations -- Combinations -- Probability: The measure of chance -- Binomial probability -- Pascal's triangle -- Dice games and probability -- Independent and dependent events -- The birthday problem: Complementary events -- Organizing data: Frequency distributions -- The breaking of ciphers and codes: An application of statistics -- Measures of location -- Measures of variability -- Displaying data: Statistical graphs -- Collecting data: Sampling -- The mathematics of distortion -- The seven bridges of Koenigsberg: An introduction to networks -- Euler paths -- Trees -- The Moebius strip and other surfaces.

بدون عنوان

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متن يادداشت

For instructors of liberal arts mathematics classes who focus on problem-solving, Harold Jacobs's remarkable textbook has long been the answer, helping teachers connect with of math-anxious students. Drawing on over thirty years of classroom experience, Jacobs shows students how to make observations, discover relationships, and solve problems in the context of ordinary experience.

موضوع مستند نشده

Mathematics, Popular works.

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Jacobs, Harold R.

تاريخ عمليات

20140204025141.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y