The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics

by Christopher Clapham, James Nicholson

Authoritative and reliable, this is the ideal reference guide for students of mathematics at school or in the first year at university.

Many entries have been added for this new edition, expanding coverage in the area of computing, including entries on Linear Algebra, Optimisation, Nonlinear equations, Differential equations, and others. More biographies of prominent mathematicians are also added, including Nobel Prizewinners and
Fields' medalists. Terms used in first-year university courses, e.g. Lorenz attractor, Linear programming, Louisville numbers, etc., bring the new edition right up-to-date. The dictionary covers both pure and applied mathematics as well as statistics, and there are entries on major mathematicians
and mathematics of more general interest, such as fractals, game theory, and chaos.

Genres: Mathematics, Reference, Nonfiction, Dictionaries

Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Aidan J. Horn]

If you want to buy this dictionary, don't buy the 4th edition. There is a newer edition (currently the 5th edition is the newest edition). The 4th edition is not comprehensive enough and leaves out these terms:
• arity
• class (of x), written as [x]
• commutativity (of maps)
• determinant (from the quadratic formula: b^2-4ac)
• endomorphism
• functor
• idempotent
• kernel / null space (but 'nullity' is defined)
• kernel equivalence
• level curve/surface (f(x, y, z) = a constant)
• magma/groupoid
• monoid
• monomorphism
• nabla (although 'gradient (grad)' is defined as the vector obtained by applying the del operator)
• natural map / canonical map (π : X→X/E)
• similar matrices (If Q^(-1) A Q = B then A and B are similar)
• simply-connected region
• standard basis (although the equivalent term 'canonical basis' is included)
• standard product
• uniform convergence

[Ray A]

Reference book meets the need.

[Colin Twemlow]

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