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Alsina; Nelsen

 
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Sinopsis

An introduction to basic inequalities in mathematics (including numbers, functions and geometry) motivated and illustrated by drawings that make it possible to 'see' the results in an elegant manner. Applications of the inequalities, historical details, and exercises for the reader (with solutions) are also included.

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Claudi Alsina received his B.A. and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Barcelona. His post-doctoral studies were at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Catalonia and has developed a wide range of international activities, research papers, publications and hundreds of lectures on mathematics and mathematics education. His latest books include Associative Functions: Triangular Norms and Copulas with M. J. Frank and B. Schweizer, WSP, 2006; Math Made Visual. Creating Images for Understanding Mathematics with Roger B. Nelsen, MAA, 2006; Vitaminas Matemáticas and El Club de la Hipotenusa, Ariel, 2008.

Roger B. Nelsen received his B.A. in mathematics from DePauw University in 1964 and his Ph.D. in mathematics from Duke University in 1969. Roger was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. His previous books include Proofs Without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking, MAA 1993; An Introduction to Copulas, Springer, 1999 (2nd edition 2006); Proofs Without Words II: More Exercises in Visual Thinking, MAA, 2000; and Math Made Visual: Creating Images for Understanding Mathematics (with Claudi Alsina), MAA, 2006.

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