Authoritative and reliable, this A-Z provides jargon-free definitions
for even the most technical mathematical terms. With over 3,000 entries
ranging from Achilles paradox to zero matrix, it covers
all commonly encountered terms and concepts from pure and applied
mathematics and statistics, for example, linear algebra, optimisation,
nonlinear equations, and differential equations. In addition, there are
entries on major mathematicians and on topics of more general interest,
such as fractals, game theory, and chaos. Using
graphs, diagrams, and charts to render definitions as comprehensible as
possible, entries are clear and accessible. Almost 200 new entries have
been added to this edition, including terms such as arrow paradox, nested set, and symbolic logic.
Useful appendices follow the A-Z dictionary and include lists of Nobel
Prize winners and Fields' medallists, Greek letters, formulae, and
tables of inequalities, moments of inertia, Roman numerals, a geometry
summary, additional trigonometric values of special angles, and many
more. This edition contains recommended web links, which are accessible
and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Mathematics companion website. Fully revised and updated in line with curriculum and degree requirements, this dictionary is indispensable
for students and teachers of mathematics, and for anyone encountering mathematics in the workplace.Readership: Students
and teachers of mathematics at school and university level, and those
in the related fields of statistics and economics.
Author Biography
James Nicholson has a mathematics degree from Cambridge, and taught
at Harrow School for twelve years before becoming Head of Mathematics at
Belfast Royal Academy in 1990. He lives in Belfast, but now works
mostly with the School of Education at Durham University. He is the
author of two A level Statistics texts, two GCSE Mathematics revision
guides and a contributing author for a number of other mathematics
textbooks.
Christopher Clapham wrote the first and second editions of this
dictionary. Until 1993 he was Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the
University of Aberdeen. His publications include Introduction to Abstract Algebra and Introduction to Mathematical Analysis.
