How does a genius see the world? Where and how does inspiration strike? Blending science with history, biography with myth, the author conjures up an inimitable cast: the omnipresent Einstein, mad genius Kurt Godel, and Villani's personal hero, John Nash.

Offering the most geometric presentation available, Linear Algebra with Applications, Fifth Edition emphasizes linear transformations as a unifying theme. This elegant textbook combines a user-friendly presentation with straightforward, lucid language to clarify and organize the techniques and applications of linear algebra. Exercises and examples make up the heart of the text, with abstract exposition kept to a minimum.

Exercise sets are broad and varied and reflect the author's creativity a...

A bestselling author tries to rehabilitate a much-maligned field.

A precursor to Russell’s famous Principa Mathematica, this is one of the most original and comprehensive treatises on the logical foundation of mathematics available today.

A practical, illuminating and timeless guide to thinking better, from a Royal Society Prize shortlisted mathematician - now in paperback.

• Noodzakelijke verdieping van de wiskundige basiskennis;

• accent op praktische toepassingen;

• inclusief apart uitwerkingenboek dat zelfstudie mogelijk maakt.

Wiskunde voor het hoger onderwijs, Deel B biedt de noodzakelijke verdieping op de basis die in het eerste jaar van de opleiding in Deel A is aangebracht. Kenmerkend is de toegankelijke en gestructureerde opzet, die in deze derde, herziene editie nog meer verbeterd is. Het onderdeel statistiek is eruit gehaald en het boek bestaat...

Currently, reproduction numbers of pandemic models (SIR, SEIR, Lotka-Euler and others), basic or not, and their constituent parameters like transmission rate or duration of infectiousness, mainly are estimated as one average value for either a moving period in time [0,t], or for the whole duration [0,T] of the pandemic. This book statistically investigates these parameters, and thereby the reproduction number as timedependent: hence the name 'Timelocal Reproduction Number'.

For instance, th...