Finite mathematics / (Record no. 7466)
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| fixed length control field | 02306nam a2200205 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0078329078 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780078329074 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780070096691 |
| 050 ## - CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA39.2 |
| Item number | .C315 |
| 100 ## - AUTHOR | |
| Personal name | Calvert, James E. |
| 245 ## - TITLE | |
| Title | Finite mathematics / |
| Remainder of title | with computer-supported applications |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | James Calvert; William L Voxman |
| 250 ## - EDITION | |
| Edition statement | International ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | McGraw-Hill, |
| Year of publication | ©1994. |
| 300 ## - DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 442 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations (some color) ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm |
| 500 ## - NOTES | |
| General note | Includes index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Table of Content | Part 1 Sets and lines: sets; linear equations. Part 2 Matrices: matrix operations; applications. Part 3 Systems of linear equations: Gauss elimination; Gauss-Jordan elimination; echelon and reduced echelon forms; systems with non-unique solutions. Part 4 Matrix inverses and LU factors: matrix inverses; LU factors. Part 5 Introductory linear programming: systems of linear inequalities; linear programming problems with two variables; geometric solutions to two variable LP problems; the simplex method. Part 6 Intermediate linear programming: non-standard form LP problems; the big-M method; infeasible, unbounded and non-unique solutions; solving applied problems. Part 7 Advanced linear programming: dual simplex method; duality; sensitivity analysis; interpreting LP reports. Part 8 Counting: the exclusion-exclusion principle and venn diagrams; the fundamental counting principle; permutations; combinations; additional counting techniques. Part 9 Probability: basic concepts of probability; conditional probability - independent events; Bayes' formula; Bernoulli trials; Markov processes; regular Markov chains; absorbing Markov chains. Part 10 Statistics: frequency distributions, probability distributions and histograms; finding the centre - medians, means and expected values; measuring the spread - variance and standard deviation; normal distributions; approximating binomial random variables with normal random variables; linear regression. Part 11 Mathematics of finance: simple and compound interest; annuities; amortization; modelling financial problems with LP. Part 12 Logic: statements and truth tables; implications and logical equivalence; conditional statements and valid arguments |
| 650 ## - SUBJECTS | |
| Topical Term | Mathematics. |
| 700 ## - OTHER AUTHORS | |
| Personal name | Voxman, William L. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Methodist University Library Main | Methodist University Library Main | General Stacks | 05/12/1999 | QA39.2 .C315 | 26075 | Books | ||
| Methodist University Library Main | Methodist University Library Main | General Stacks | 05/12/1999 | QA39.2 .C315 | 27859 | Books |