What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 4(English, Paperback, American Mathematical Society)

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What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 4(English, Paperback, American Mathematical Society) is written by American Mathematical Society and published by American Mathematical Society. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0821807668 (ISBN 10) and 9780821807668 (ISBN 13).

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!