Finite Mathematics: An Applied Approach - Hardcover

Sullivan, Michael; Mizrahi, Abe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471328995 ISBN 13: 9780471328995

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003

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Sullivan/Mizrahi's "Finite Mathematics: An Applied Approach, 9/e" continues its rich tradition of engaging students and demonstrating how mathematics applies to various fields of study. The text is packed with real data and real life applications to business, economics, social and life sciences. The new Ninth Edition also features a new full color design and improved goal oriented pedagogy to further help student understanding. New Features: NEW! Full color design improves clarity and assists student understanding with consistant pedagogical use of color. More applications using real data enhances student motivation. Many of these applications include source lines, to show how mathematics is used in the real world. NEW! Conceptual problems ask students to put the concepts and results into their own words. These problems are marked with an icon to make them easier to assign.

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Michael Sullivan is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Chicago State University where he taught for 35 years before retiring a few years ago. Dr. Sullivan is a member of American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the American Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges. He is President of Text and Academic Authors Association and represents that organization on the Authors Coalition of America, Mike has been writing textbooks in mathematics for over 30 years. He currently has 13c books in print: 3 texts with John Wiley & Sons and 10 with Prentice-Hall. Six of these titles are co-authored with his son, Michael Sullivan III. He has four children: Kathleen, who teaches college mathematics; Michael, who teaches college mathematics, Dan who is a Prentice-Hall sales representative, and Colleen, who teaches middle school mathematics. Nine grandchildren round out the family. Abe Mizrahi enjoyed an active career in mathematics before his untimely passing in 2001. He received his doctorate in mathematics from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1965, and was a Professor of Mathematics at Indiana University Northwest. Dr. Mizrahi was a member of the Mathematics of Association of America, and wrote articles that explored topics in math education and the applications of mathematics to economics. Dr. Mizrahi served on many CUPM committees and was a panel member on the CUPM Committee on Applied mathematics in the Undergraduate Curriculum. Dr. Mizrahi was the recipient of many NSF grants and served as a consultant to a number of businesses and federal agencies.

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0471328995
• ISBN 13: 9780471328995
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 760
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar