Mathematics: Its Content, Methods, and Significance (Volume 2)

Author: A.D. Alexandrov and Liu Jiasan
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Publishing Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book is a classic written by a renowned Soviet mathematician to popularize mathematics. It introduces the main content, historical development, and applications of various branches of mathematics in natural sciences and engineering technology in extremely accessible language. The content is concise, progressing from simple to complex, and can be read by those with high school mathematics knowledge. The book consists of 20 chapters, published in three volumes. Each chapter introduces a branch of mathematics. This is the second volume, covering topics such as differential equations, variational calculus, complex analysis, number theory, probability theory, functional approximation, computational methods, and computer science. This book is suitable for university science and engineering students and teachers, high school teachers and students, engineering professionals, and mathematics enthusiasts.