Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: The Games People Play, Second Edition (Textbooks in Mathematics) - Image 1

£86.99

CRC Press Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: The Games People Play, Second Edition (Textbooks in Mathematics)

Name: Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: The Games People Play, Second Edition (Textbooks in Mathematics)
Brand: CRC Press
Price: 65.59 GBP
Availability: InStock

Higher Education

Price History & Forecast

Last 19 days • 19 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 19 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £87 (14 days, 73.7%)

Price range: £66 - £87

Price levels: 2 different prices over 19 days

Description

Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: The Games People Play, Second Edition demonstrates how discrete probability, statistics, and elementary discrete mathematics are used in games, sports, and gambling situations. With emphasis on mathematical thinking and problem solving, the text draws on numerous examples, questions, and problems to explain the application of mathematical theory to various real-life games. This updated edition of a widely adopted textbook considers a number of popular games and diversions that are mathematically based or can be studied from a mathematical perspective. Requiring only high school algebra, the book is suitable for use as a textbook in seminars, general education courses, or as a supplement in introductory probability courses. New in this Edition: Many new exercises, including basic skills exercises More answers in the back of the book Expanded summary exercises, including writing exercises More detailed examples, especially in the early chapters An expansion of the discrete adjustment technique for binomial approximation problems New sections on chessboard puzzles that encourage students to develop graph theory ideas New review material on relations and functions Exercises are included in each section to help students understand the various concepts. The text covers permutations in the two-deck matching game so derangements can be counted. It introduces graphs to find matches when looking at extensions of the five-card trick and studies lexicographic orderings and ideas of encoding for card tricks. The text also explores linear and weighted equations in the section on the NFL passer rating formula and presents graphing to show how data can be compared or displayed. For each topic, the author includes exercises based on real games and actual sports data.

Key Features

Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: The Games People Play, Second Edition (Textbooks in Mathematics)

Product Type: ABIS_BOOK

Product Specifications

Brand: CRC Press
Format: Paperback
ASIN: 149871952X
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Mathematics > Education > Higher Education
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 18 December 2015
Listed Since: 02 June 2015

Barcode

No barcode data available

CRC Press Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: The Games People Play, Second Edition (Textbooks in Mathematics)

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Key Features

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Mathematics in Games, Sports, and Gambling: The Games People Play, Second Edition (Textbooks in Mathematics)

Games, Gambling, and Probability: An Introduction to Mathematics (Textbooks in Mathematics)

Games, Gambling, and Probability: An Introduction to Mathematics (Textbooks in Mathematics)

Basic Gambling Mathematics: The Numbers Behind the Neon, Second Edition (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

Basic Gambling Mathematics: The Numbers Behind the Neon, Second Edition (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

Analytic Methods in Sports: Using Mathematics and Statistics to Understand Data from Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Other Sports

Elementary Probability with Applications

CRC Press Analytic Methods in Sports - Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematical Excursion, Enhanced Edition

Pearls of Discrete Mathematics (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications)

Mathematical Excursions

The Mathematics That Every Secondary School Math Teacher Needs to Know (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

The Mathematics That Every Secondary School Math Teacher Needs to Know (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series)

Pearls of Discrete Mathematics (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications)

Lessons in Play: An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory, Second Edition

CRC Press Combinatorics: Discrete Mathematics and Applications

Introduction to Combinatorics (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications)

Fundamentals of Probability

CRC Press Algebra & Geometry: An Introduction to University Math

Computational Probability: Algorithms and Applications in the Mathematical Sciences: 246 (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 246)

Luck, Logic, and White Lies: The Mathematics of Games (AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series)

Handbook of Product Graphs, Second Edition (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications)

Applied Algebra: Codes, Ciphers and Discrete Algorithms, Second Edition (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications)

CRC Press Introduction to Probability with Mathematica Textbook