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John M. Gottman, James D. Murray, Catherine Swanson, Rebecca Tyson, Kristin R. SwansonDivorce rates are at an all-time high. But without a theoretical understanding of the processes related to marital stability and dissolution, it is difficult to design and evaluate new marriage interventions. The Mathematics of Marriage provides the foundation for a scientific theory of marital relations. The book does not rely on metaphors, but develops and applies a mathematical model using difference equations. The work is the fulfillment of the goal to build a mathematical framework for the general system theory of families first suggested by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy in the 1960s. The book also presents a complete introduction to the mathematics involved in theory building and testing, and details the development of experiments and models. In one "marriage experiment," for example, the authors explored the effects of lowering or raising a couples heart rates. Armed with their mathematical model, they were able to do real experiments to determine which processes were affected by their interventions. Applying ideas such as phase space, null clines, influence functions, inertia, and uninfluenced and influenced stable steady states (attractors), the authors show how other researchers can use the methods to weigh their own data with positive and negative weights. While the focus is on modeling marriage, the techniques can be applied to other types of psychological phenomena as well.

This book is a continuation of Mathematical Olympiads 1999-2000: Problems and Solutions From Around the World, published by the Mathematical Association of America. It contains solutions to the problems from 27 national and regional contests featured in the earlier book, together with selected problems (without solutions) from national and regional contests given during 2001. In many cases multiple solutions are provided in order to encourage students to compare different problem-solving strategies. The editors have tried to present a wide variety of problems, especially from those countries that have often done well at the IMO. The problems themselves should provide much enjoyment for all those fascinated by solving challenging mathematics questions.

In A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market best-selling author John Allen Paulos demonstrates what the tools of mathematics can tell us about the vagaries of the stock market. Employing his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles (and even a film treatment), Paulos addresses every thinking reader's curiosity about the market: Is it efficient? Is it rational? Is there anything to technical analysis, fundamental analysis, and other supposedly time-tested methods of picking stocks? How can one quantify risk? What are the most common scams? What light do fractals, network theory, and common psychological foibles shed on investor behavior? Are there any approaches to investing that truly outperform the major indexes? Can a deeper knowledge of mathematics help beat the odds? All of these questions are explored with the engaging erudition that made Paulos's A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper and Innumeracy favorites with both armchair mathematicians and readers who want to think like them. Paulos also shares the cautionary tale of his own long and disastrous love affair with WorldCom. In the tradition of Burton Malkiel's A Random Walk Down Wall Street and Jeremy Siegel's Stocks for the Long Run, this wry and illuminating book is for anyone, investor or not, who follows the markets-or knows someone who does.

El libro recoge diversos trabajos, reflexiones y análisis desde la perspectiva de diferentes profesionales cuyo norte es la educación matemática de excelencia. Los intereses y ámbitos profesionales de los autores son diversos, profesores del aula escolar, matematicos del ambito universitario, docentes de carreras de ingenieria, formadores del profesorado especializado en didactica de la matematica. Esperamos que estas ideas y las contribuciones contenidas en este libro atraiigan el interes de la comunidad cientifica y contribuyan a un mayor desarrollo de la formacion del profesorado.

Los cinco capítulos de esta obra abarcan temas de cuatro áreas: solución de problemas, álgebra, estadística y matemáticas de finanzas. Incluye procedimientos ilustrados, con teclas específicas para perfeccionar el uso de la calculadora. En esta nueva edición se añade el uso de MS Excel para la solución de problemas.

Coja un lápiz. Relájese. Después despegue en un viaje alucinante hasta la última frontera de las matemáticas, la mente y el signifi cado, mientras el aclamado autor Dr. Clifford Pickover, Dorotea y el Dr. Oz exploran algunos de los más extraños y peculiares caminos de aquellos obsesionados con los números. Preparase para una odisea conforme las matemáticas de Oz abren las puertas de su imaginación. Misterios, acertijos y problemas que hacen reflexionar y que abarcan desde números cebra y primos circulares, hasta números legión -un número tan grande que hace que un trillón parezca insignificante-. Laberintos extraños, consecuencias raras y formaciones vertiginosas a través de problemas de lógica que le entretendrán en cualquier nivel de sofiticación matemática. Las pruebas elaboradas por el enigmático Dr. Oz para evaluar la inteligencia humana estimularán el cerebro de incluso el aficionado de acertijos más ávido. Ponga a prueba su ingenio con una variedad de tópicos matemáticos: geometría y laberintos, sucesiones, series, grupos, combinaciones, probabilidad y misdirection, teoría de números, aritmética e incluso problemas concernientes al mundo físico. Con numerosas ilustraciones, ésta es una introducción original, divertida y totalmente única a los números y a su papel en la creatividad, ordenadores juegos, investigación práctica y aventuras absurdas que están al borde de la lógica y la insensatez. Las Matemáticas de Oz le mantendran en ascuas implorando aún más.

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Ian Stewart, uno de los matemáticos más populares del mundo, autor de increíbles best seller como Locos por las matemáticas, vuelve a intrigarnos y a divertirnos con este libro maravilloso que nos descubre un paisaje matematico que ni habriamos imaginado. A lo largo de 20 capitulos, que pueden leerse independientemente, el profesor Stewart nos reta a resolver puzles y acertijos curiosisimos, algunos con importantes aplicaciones practicas, otros que han sido la pesadilla de los matematicos mas dotados hasta hace cuatro dias y todos ellos tan fascinantes como deliciosamente estrafalarios. No es solo que las matematicas puedan ser divertidas, es que, como nos demuestra Stewart, pueden explicarse en el lenguaje mas llano.

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CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH Packed with practical examples and insightful wisdom A highly enjoyable and effective guide to better thinking Sabine Hossenfelder I wish David Sumpter had been my maths teacher I hated the subject at school I hoover up his books now Sunday Times Acclaimed mathematician David Sumpter shows how we can deal with the chaos and complexity of our livesWhat is the best way to think about the world How often do we consider how our own thinking might impact the way we approach our daily decisions Could it help or hinder our relationships our careers or even our health Thinking about thinking is something we rarely do yet it is something science questions all the time David Sumpter has spent decades studying what we could all learn from the mindsets of scientists and Four Ways of Thinking is the result Here he reveals the four easily applied approaches to our problems statistical interactive chaotic and complex Combining engaging personal experience with practical advice and inspiring tales of ground breaking scientific pioneers with a tiny bit of number crunching along the way Sumpter explains how these tried and tested methods can help us with every conundrum from how to bicker less with our partner