Modern Mathematical Methods: Selected Topics

Author: Xie Jijian
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: This book is a research outcome of the "Reform Plan for Teaching Content and Curriculum System in Higher Education Towards the 21st Century" by the Ministry of Education, and is a textbook for the 21st-century curriculum. The main contents include: fuzzy sets, fuzzy statistics, fuzzy identification, fuzzy clustering, fuzzy decision-making, fractal geometry, fractal dimension, various regular fractals, computer generation of fractals, and their applications in science and technology, as well as economic management. The appendix includes: reference answers to exercises, glossary of terms. The book is concise and to the point, emphasizing practical contexts and intuitive descriptions, making it easy to understand and connecting theory with practice. It can serve as a textbook for students of non-mathematics majors in various fields, as well as a popular science reading for general readers.