Table of Contents
Entries (With Areas of Discussion) .......vii
Introduction ..............xix
List of Advisors and Contributors .......xxi
Entries ............... 1
Volume 1: A–L
Addition ............... 1
Algebra ............... 9
Algorithms ..............26
Architectural Math ............33
Area ................45
Average ................51
Base ................59
Business Math .............62
Calculator Math ............69
Calculus ...............80
Calendars ...............97
Cartography ..............100
Charts ................107
Computers and Mathematics ........114
Conversions ..............122
Coordinate Systems ...........131
Decimals ...............138
Demographics .............141
Discrete Mathematics ..........144
Division ...............149
Domain and Range ...........156
Elliptic Functions ............159
Estimation ..............161
Exponents ..............167
Factoring ...............180
Financial Calculations, Personal .......184
Fractals ...............198
Fractions ...............203
Functions ...............210
Game Math ..............215
Game Theory .............225
Geometry ...............232
Graphing ...............248
Imaging ...............262
Information Theory ...........269
Inverse ................278
Iteration ...............284
Linear Mathematics ...........287
Logarithms ..............294
Logic ................300
Volume 2: M–Z
Matrices and Determinants .........303
Measurement .............307
Medical Mathematics ...........314
Modeling ...............328
Multiplication .............335
Music and Mathematics ..........343
Nature and Numbers ...........353
Negative Numbers ............356
Number Theory ............360
Odds ................365
Percentages ..............372
Perimeter ...............385
Perspective ..............389
Photography Math ...........398
Plots and Diagrams ...........404
Powers ...............416
Prime Numbers .............420
Probability ..............423
Proportion ..............430
Quadratic, Cubic, and Quartic Equations ....438
Ratio ................441
Rounding ..............449
Rubric ................453
Sampling ...............457
Scale ................465
Scientific Math .............473
Scientific Notation ...........484
Sequences, Sets, and Series .........491
Sports Math ..............495
Square and Cube Roots ..........511
Statistics ...............516
Subtraction ..............529
Symmetry ..............537
Tables ................543
Topology ...............553
Trigonometry .............557
Vectors ...............568
Volume ...............575
Word Problems .............583
Zero-sum Games ............595
Glossary ...............599
Field of Application Index .........605
General Index .............609