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9780821807668

What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, 1998-1999

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821807668

  • ISBN10:

    0821807668

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-12-01
  • Publisher: Amer Mathematical Society

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This volume is fourth in the much-acclaimed AMS series What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences. The lively style and in-depth coverage of some of the most important "happenings" in mathematics today make this publication a delightful and intriguing read accessible to a wide audience. Advanced secondary school pupils, teachers, undergraduates, researchers, engineers, statisticians, computer scientists- anyone with an interst in mathematics- will find captivating material in this book. As the 20th century draws to a close, What's Happening presents the state of modern mathematics and its world-wide significance in a timely and enduring fashion. Featured articles include: "From Wired to Weird", on advances that are encouraging research in quantum computation. "A Prime Case of Chaos", on new connections between number theory and theoretical physics. "Beetlemania:Chaos in Ecology", on new evidence for chaotic dynamics in an actual population. "A Blue-Letter Day for Computer Chess", on the mathematics underlying Deep Blue's victory over Garry Kasparov, and much more!

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A blue-letter day for computer chess
A prime case of chaos Proof by example: A mathematician's mathematician
Computers take algebraic geometry back to its roots As easy as EQP Beetlemania: Chaos in ecology
From wired to weird Tales from the cryptosystem
But is it math? Mathematical discovery
Science and method
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