Contemporary Mathematics
by Donna Kirk
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Book Description
Contemporary Mathematics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements for a liberal arts mathematics course. This resource provides stand-alone sections with a focus on showing relevance in the features as well as the examples, exercises, and exposition. Contemporary Mathematics integrates technology applications, projects, and highlights a diverse group of contributors to mathematics, statistics, and related fields.This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY). You can download Contemporary Mathematics ebook for free in PDF format (94.9 MB).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Sets
Chapter 2
Logic
Chapter 3
Real Number Systems and Number Theory
Chapter 4
Number Representation and Calculation
Chapter 5
Algebra
Chapter 6
Money Management
Chapter 7
Probability
Chapter 8
Statistics
Chapter 9
Metric Measurement
Chapter 10
Geometry
Chapter 11
Voting and Apportionment
Chapter 12
Graph Theory
Chapter 13
Math and Art
Book Details
Title
Contemporary Mathematics
Subject
Science and Mathematics
Publisher
OpenStax
Published
2023
Pages
1575
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13
9781711470559
ISBN10
1711470554
ISBN13 Digital
9781711470542
ISBN10 Digital
1711470546
PDF Size
94.9 MB
License
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