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Finite Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780131139626 | 0131139622
Edition: 11thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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Designed to be accessible, this book develops a thorough, functional understanding of mathematical concepts in preparation for their application in other areas. Coverage concentrates on developing concepts and ideas followed immediately by developing computational skills and problem solving.This book features a collection of important topics from mathematics of finance, linear algebra, linear programming, probability, and statistics, with an emphasis on cross-discipline principles and practices.For the professional who wants to acquire essentia... MORE
| (Each chapter concludes with Important Terms, Symbols, and Concepts; Review Exercise; and Group Activities.) | |
| A Library of Elementary Functions | |
| A Beginning Library of Elementary Functions | |
| Functions | |
| Elementary Functions: Graphs and Transformations | |
| Linear Functions and Straight Lines | |
| Quadratic Functions | |
| Additional Elementary Functions | |
| Polynomial and Rational Functions | |
| Exponential Functions | |
| Logarithmic Functions | |
| Finite Mathematics | |
| Mathematics of Finance | |
| Simple Interest | |
| Compound Interest | |
| Future Value of an Annuity; Sinking Funds | |
| Present Value of an Annuity; Amortization | |
| Systems of Linear Equations; Matrices | |
| Review: Systems of Linear Equations in Two Variables | |
| Systems of Linear Equations and Augmented Matrices | |
| Gauss-Jordan Elimination | |
| Matrices: Basic Operations | |
| Inverse of a Square Matrix | |
| Matrix Equations and Systems of Linear Equations | |
| Leontief Input-Output Analysis | |
| Linear Inequalities and Linear Programming | |
| Systems of Linear Inequalities in Two Variables | |
| Linear Programming in Two Dimensions-A Geometric Approach | |
| A Geometric Introduction to the Simplex Method | |
| The Simplex Method: Maximization with Problem Constraints of the Form | |
| The Dual; Minimization with Problem Constraints of the Form | |
| Maximization and Minimization with Mixed Problem Constraints | |
| Logic, Sets, and Counting | |
| Logic | |
| Sets | |
| Basic Counting Principles | |
| Permutations and Combinations | |
| Probability | |
| Sample Spaces, Events, and Probability | |
| Union, Intersection, and Complement of Events; Odds | |
| Conditional Probability, Intersection, and Independence | |
| Bayes' Formula | |
| Random Variable, Probability Distribution, and Expected Value | |
| Data Description and Probability Distributions | |
| Graphing Data | |
| Measures of Central Tendency | |
| Measures of Dispersion | |
| Bernoulli Trials and Binomial Distributions | |
| Normal Distributions | |
| Games and Decisions | |
| Strictly Determined Games | |
| Mixed Strategy Games | |
| Linear Programming and 2 _ 2 Games-Geometric Approach | |
| Linear Programming and m _ n Games-Simplex Method and the Dual Problem | |
| Markov Chains | |
| Properties of Markov Chains | |
| Regular Markov Chains | |
| Absorbing Markov Chains | |
| Basic Algebra Review | |
| Self-Test on Basic Algebra | |
| Algebra and Real Numbers | |
| Operations on Polynomials | |
| Factoring Polynomials | |
| Operations on Rational Expressions | |
| Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation | |
| Rational Exponents and Radicals | |
| Linear Equations and Inequalities in One Variable | |
| Quadratic Equations | |
| Special Topics | |
| Sequences, Series, and Summation Notation | |
| Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences | |
| The Binomial Theorem | |
| Tables | |
| Area Under the Standard Normal Curve | |
| Basic Geometric Formulas | |
| Answers | |
| Index | |
| Library of Elementary Functions | |
| Applications Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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