Gerd Gigerenzer's Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty illustrates how we can learn to make sense of statistics and turn ignorance into insight. However much we want certainty in our lives, it feels as if we live in an uncertain and dangerous world. But are we guilty of wildly exaggerating the chances of some unwanted event happening to us? Are we misled by our ignorance of the reality of risk? Far too many of us, argues Gerd Gigerenzer, are hampered by our own innumeracy, w...

This revision of Dummit and Foote's widely acclaimed introduction to abstract algebra helps students experience the power and beauty that develops from the rich interplay between different areas of mathematics. The book carefully develops the theory of different algebraic structures, beginning from basic definitions to some in-depth results, using numerous examples and exercises to aid the student's understanding. With this approach, students gain an appreciation for how mathematical structur...

De analyse speelt een rol in bijna alle toepassingen van de wiskunde. Deze tekst, die voor beginnende studenten is geschreven, legt de nadruk op zowel begrip van de analyse als technische vaardigheid. Zo komt convergentie aan de orde, differentiatie en integratie worden behandeld, maar ook volledige inductie en het rekenen met rijen. De stof reikt tot differentiatie en integratie van functies van twee veranderlijken. In de laatste paragrafen wordt opnieuw aandacht geschonken aan de grondslage...