Can one prove that 1 + 1 = 2? Which US president proved Pythagoras' theorem? How long is the coastline of Britain? These and many other questions are answered in this book on famous equations and their historical development.
This book is designed for students who have never been exposed to the topics in a linear algebra course. The text is ?lled with interesting and diverse application sections but is also a theoretical text which aims to train students to do succinct computation in a knowledgeable way.
In the era of "Big Data," distributional data is becoming more prevalent. This book presents a synthesis of research in this area over the last twenty years. It has been carefully edited to ensure it is consistent with respect to style, level, notation.
