What's the difference? Mathematics

150 key concepts in mathematics

AvAdam Sykulski

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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The What’s the Difference? series offers a brand-new approach to popular reference by examining concepts in pairs to help clarify common (and not-so-common) confusions. Exploring two definitions at the same time cuts to the heart of a topic quickly and clearly so you can avoid those all-too-frequent conceptual slip-ups.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-17
Mått:164 x 236 x 10 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:What's the Difference?
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Quarto Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781836008897

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Dr. Adam Sykulski is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London. His research in statistics has been published widely in academic journals, with an application focus in environmental, climate and ocean sciences. He is a trustee and former journal editor for the Royal Statistical Society, and has held previous academic positions at University College London, Lancaster University, and NorthWest Research Associates in the USA.

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IntroductionHow to use this bookNumbersnumeralswhole numbersdecimalsintegersreal numberseven numbersodd numbersgreater thanless thancountingsortingroundingapproximatingprecisionaccuracypowersrootsbracketsindicesfractionspercentagesratioproportionpercentage changepercentage differenceequalitiesinequalitiesfactorsmultipleshighest common factorlowest common multipleprime numbersFibonacci numbersrational numbersirrational numbersinfinityrecurring numberspithe golden ratioimaginary numbersEuler's numberfactorialsfractalspermutationscombinationsShapesgeometrytrigonometryedgevertexanglesright anglesequilateralisoscelesradiuscircumferenceareaperimetervolumesurface areadegreeradianparallelperpendicularparallelogramtrapeziumsymmetryasymmetryrotationtranslationlocuschordconvexconcaveAlgebra and Calculusalgebracalculusinputsoutputslinearnon linearcontinuousdiscreteconstantsvariablesidentityequationtheorytheoremproofassumptionlemmacorollaryproof by inductionproof by contradictioninverse functionscomposite functionspolynomialexponentialexponential growthexponential decaylogarithmalgorithminterceptgradientupper boundlower boundparabolahyperboladifferentiationintegrationvectormatrixsequencesseriesconvergencedivergencearithmetic sequencegeometric sequanecefermat’s last theoremthe riemann hypothesisStatisticsprobabilitystatisticsoddsmeanmedianquartilespercentilesstandard variationvariancebar chartspie chartsvenn diagramtree diagramintersectionunioncorrelationcausationsystematic errorrandom errorexperimentobservationindependent variablesdependent variablesinterpolationextrapolationqualitativequantitativenecessarysufficientglossaryindex