What s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences 1998-99 (Paperback) by Barry Cipra

9780821807668. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 120. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 120 p. What s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences; 004. This volume is fourth in the much-acclaimed AMS series What s Happening in the Mathematical Sciences . The lively style and in-depth coverage of some of the most important happenings in mathematics today make this publication a delightful and intriguing read accessible to a wide audience. High school students professors researchers engineers statisticians computer scientists - anyone with an interest in mathematics - will find captivating material in this book. As we enter the 21st century What s Happening presents the state of modern mathematics and its worldwide significance in a timely and enduring fashion.Featured articles include: From Wired to Weird on advances that are encouraging research in quantum computation; A Prime Case of Chaos on new connections between number theory and theoretical physics; Beetlemania: Chaos in Ecology on new evidence for chaotic dynamics in an actual population; A Blue-Letter Day for Computer Chess on the mathematics underlying Deep Blue s victory over Garry Kasparov; and much more!