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MA 27900, Fall 2022
Modern Mathematics In Science And Society

Credit Hours: 3.00. The course covers topics in combinatorics and probability applied to real life situations such as the paradoxa of democracy, weighted voting, fair division, apportionment, traveling salesmen, the mathematics of networks, Fibonacci numbers, golden ratio, growth patterns in nature, mathematics of money, symmetry, fractals, censuses and surveys, random sampling, sample spaces, permutations and uniform probability spaces. Typically offered Fall Spring.

Instructor Info

Section Room Time Instructor Office
001 ARMS 1109 10:30AM TR Irena Sifrar Swanson MATH 830

Course Materials

Section Type Title Author
ALL TEXT Excursions in Modern Mathematics [rental Edition] - 9780137423354: Tannenbaum: Excursions in Modern Mathematics - Pearson eText10e 9780136921967: Tannenbaum: Excursions in Modern Mathematics - Print/Rental 10e. Can be purchased at bookstore or direct from Pearson. CLICK HERE to get to your title https://www.pearson.com/en-us/subject-catalog/p/excursions-in-modern-mathematics/P200000006376/9780137423354 Peter Tannenbaum

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