Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson
This invaluable resource will guide general readers and students alike through the often bewildering maze of equations and theorems encountered within the mathematical universe.
Covering everything in the field, from pure and applied mathematics to statistics, it also features entries on mathematics of more general interest, such as fractals, game theory, and chaos. The third edition has been brought right up-to-date with terms used in first-year university courses, such as Lorenz attractor and Liouville numbers; computing entries have also been expanded, along with biographies of prominent mathematicians, including Nobel Prizewinners and Fields' medalists.
Christopher Clapham is a former Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at Aberdeen University; James Nicholson is former Head of Mathematics at Belfast Royal Academy.
'the depth of information provided is admirable' - New Scientist
ISBN: 0198607423
Publishing history: First published 1990; second edition 1996, this edition 2005
