Category Archives: mathematics

Little Mathematics Library – The Monte Carlo Method

Posted on February 1, 2012 by damitr

We now come to The Monte Carlo Method by I. M. Sobol in the Little Mathematics Library series. The book has a random number table as one of the appendices, which is sort of out dated, when we have access … Continue reading →

Posted in books, little mathematics library, mathematics, mir publishers, statistics | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Little Mathematics Library – Systems of Linear Inequalities

Posted on January 31, 2012 by damitr

In the Little Mathematics Library now we come to Systems of Linear Inequalities by A. S. Solodovnikov. This booklet is one of longest in the LML series, having more than 120 pages. The back cover of the book says the … Continue reading →

Posted in books, little mathematics library, mathematics | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Little Mathematics Library – Induction in Geometry

Posted on January 30, 2012 by damitr

After a break we being with our postings again. To start, we will see a title in the Little Mathematics Library which is a`natural continuation’ of last post, this one is called Induction in Geometry and the authors are L. … Continue reading →

Posted in books, little mathematics library, mathematics, mir books | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments

Little Mathematics Library – The Method of Mathematical Induction

Posted on January 5, 2012 by damitr

In the Little Mathematics Library we now come to the book called The Method of Mathematical Induction by I. S. Sominsky (aka Sominskii). In the foreword it is said: The method of mathematical induction, which is the subject of this … Continue reading →

Posted in books, little mathematics library, mathematics, mir publishers | Tagged , , , , | 13 Comments

Little Mathematics Library – Stereographic Projection

Posted on January 4, 2012 by damitr

We now come to another book in the Little Mathematics Library titled Stereographic Projection by B. A. Rosenfeld and N. D. Sergeeva. As the title suggests the book deals with projections on planes. The present booklet is devoted to proofs … Continue reading →

Posted in books, little mathematics library, mathematics, mir publishers | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Little Mathematics Library – Method of Successive Approximations

Posted on January 3, 2012 by damitr

In the Little Mathematics Library we now come to Method of Successive Approximations by N. Ya. Vilenkin. As the title suggests the book has to do with approximation methods, but what kind of approximations and for what kind of use … Continue reading →

Posted in little mathematics library, mathematics, mir publishers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Little Mathematics Library – Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem

Posted on January 2, 2012 by damitr

After the last two posts by V. A. Uspenskii (check out his site here) which dealt with Post’s Machine, and Pascal’s Triangle, we now come to another book by him in the Little Mathematics Library series titled Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem. … Continue reading →

Posted in books, computers, little mathematics library, mathematics, philosophy | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

Little Mathematics Library – Pascals Triangle

Posted on January 2, 2012 by damitr

In continuing from the last post on Post’s Machine by V. A. Uspenskii (sometimes Uspensky) we come to another volume by him titled Pascals’s Triangle. The book opens with an interesting note The reader who is not familiar with Pascal’s … Continue reading →

Posted in books, little mathematics library, mathematics, mir publishers | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Little Mathematics Library – Post’s Machine

Posted on December 28, 2011 by damitr

We start our posts in the Little Mathematics Library series with a book by V. A. Uspensky titled Post’s Machine. This booklet is intended first of all for school children. The first two chapters are comprehensible even for junior schoolchildren. … Continue reading →

Posted in books, little mathematics library, mathematics, mir publishers | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments

Let’s Play Geometry

Posted on December 28, 2011 by damitr

[The aim of the book] is to acquaint children in exciting and stimulating way with some of principle concepts of geometry, to teach them how to find bearings in simple geometrical situations and to discern geometrical patterns in the world … Continue reading →

Posted in books, mathematics, mir publishers | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments