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The CRC Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Third Edition - 3 Volume Set
Eric W. Weisstein, Wolfram Research, Champaign, Illinois, USA
Price:  $495.00
Cat. #:  C722X
ISBN:  9781420072211
ISBN 10:  1420072218
Publication Date:  May 19, 2009
Number of Pages:  4,328

Availability:  In Stock

Binding(s):  Hardback

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Summary

Dramatically Expanded to Be the Most Comprehensive Library Reference on Mathematics Available Today

  • Order now to receive this special introductory price!
  • Provides a versatile resource for students, faculty, and professionals working in mathematics, the sciences, and engineering
  • 4300 pages with 4500 figures
  • Over 1000 pages of entirely new material
  • Nearly 12,000 entries now in 3 volumes
  • Updated for use with Mathematica® 6 and 7
  • Entries contain definitions, formulas, illustrations, web links, bibliographic information, and useful facts
    • Content drawn from the widely respected and continuously updated http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

     Improvements to the Third Edition include:

    • Now more than 11,900 individual entries--4300 of them new (60% more than the previous edition)
    • Entries extensively revised, extended, and updated
    • Written in clear, precise, readable language that is accessible to students, scientists, engineers, and laypeople, while still retaining the rigor demanded by the mathematics professional
    • Extensive additions and updates in graph theory, discrete mathematics, number theory, plane geometry, special function theory, integer sequences, and the theory of mathematical constants
    • Updated with new research, computational, and theoretical results
    • 3 handsomely bound volumes containing a total of 4300 pages--a full 1000 pages of content more than the previous edition
    • Printed on high-quality paper for durability and ease of reading
    • Completely new typesetting done by the author including higher quality formatting and tighter pagination
    • High-quality table layout and formatting
    • Now more than 1100 tables enumerating properties--three times as many tables as before
    • High-resolution line and grayscale figures and diagrams
    • Extensively illustrated with more than 4500 figures--nearly 3 times as many as before
    • Many figures updated and refined
    • Many new literature and internet citations
    • Updated with nearly 37,000 citations, many of them to recent literature--nearly 3 times as the previous edition
    • Nearly 5000 internet citations--10 times as many as before
    • Thousands of additional cross-references
    • Content updated for Mathematica 6 and 7
    • Mathematica notebooks available for download on http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ for nearly 5000 of the entries

     

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