New applications of mathematics

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Contents:

1.Using functions and graphs to understand oil wells and business accounts

2. Solving linear equations

3. Making guesses and taking risks

4. Integrating : mixing paint, newspaper pictures and car exhausts

5. Networks : underground maps, decisions and aerodynamics

6. Scaling methods in physics and biology

7. Biological modelling : population dynamics

8. Back to the future : mathematical logic and computers

9. Vibrations : tuning forks and train wheels, squealing brakes and violins

10. Mathematical programming : saving time and money

11. Cryptography, or sending secret messages

12. Supercomputers : how super are they?

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	IIITD General Stacks	Mathematics	510 BON-N (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Gifted by Dr. Samaresh Chatterjee		G02690

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"A Penguin original"--Cover.

At head of cover: Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications.

Includes bibliographical references.