Overview
- Raises attractive topics for both students and teachers seeking open problems in applied mathematics
- Features self-contained chapters, each of which deals with a specific theme
- Provides explanations behind specific mathematical techniques in accessible ways
Part of the book series: Copernicus Books (CB)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Mathematics for Tomorrow’s Society
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
This book tells the story behind twenty of these questions. This is explicitly not a mathematics book, but a book about the crucial role that mathematics plays in devising the creative solutions the world needs. The questions are divided into three categories: mathematics in everyday life, mathematics for the workplace, and mathematics for tomorrow's society. The themes illustrate not only the incredibly broad applicability of mathematics in the world around us, but also the great diversity of useful mathematical techniques.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Giovanni Samaey (b. 1978) obtained a PhD in engineering in 2006 and has been a lecturer in Mathematical Engineering at the Computer Science Department of KU Leuven since 2011. He is also a member of the Young Academy.
Joos Vandewalle (b. 1948) is Emeritus Professor of Engineering and taught mathematical engineering for many years at the Department of Electrical Engineering (ESAT) KU Leuven. He is a director of the Technical Sciences class of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Arts KVAB, member of the Academia Europaea, and Fellow of IEEE, Eurasip and IET.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Invisible Power of Mathematics
Book Subtitle: The Pervasive Impact of Mathematical Engineering in Everyday Life
Authors: Giovanni Samaey, Joos P. L. Vandewalle
Series Title: Copernicus Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2776-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-0716-2775-4Published: 16 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-1-0716-2776-1Published: 15 March 2023
Series ISSN: 2731-8982
Series E-ISSN: 2731-8990
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 175
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applications of Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences