Mathematics : a simple tool for geologists / David Waltham.
By: Waltham, David
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BookPublisher: London : Chapman & Hall, 1994Description: x, 189 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0412492105 .Subject(s): Geology -- MathematicsDDC classification: 551.051 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 551.051 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00009195 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Uses geological examples to illustrate mathematical ideas. Contains a large number of worked examples, and problems for students to attempt themselves. Answers to all the questions are given at the end of the book.
Includes index.
Mathematics as a tool for solving geological problems -- Common relationships between geological variables -- Equations and how to manipulate them -- More advanced equation manipulation -- Trigonometry -- More about graphs -- Statistics -- Differential calculus -- Integration.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. iv)
- 1 Mathematics as a tool for solving geological problems (p. 1)
- 2 Common relationships between geological variables (p. 17)
- 3 Equations and how to manipulate them (p. 42)
- 4 More advanced equation manipulation (p. 55)
- 5 Trigonometry, 68
- 6 More about graphs (p. 91)
- 7 Statistics (p. 111)
- 8 Differential calculus (p. 136)
- 9 Integral calculus (p. 160)
- Appendix A Useful equations (p. 176)
- Appendix B Answers to problems (p. 179)
- Index (p. 195)