Pragmatic Mathematics

This book isintended for those students and managers whose basic knowledge of mathematics can best be described as being broadly equivalent to the (old!) '0 ' level.
The approach used in this book is based partly on 'traditional' maths and partly on modern maths. This reflects the view of the author that both have advantages, and that acting together they can provide a very powerful base. This approach is also desirable for other, more pragmatic reasons. First, readers will have widely differing mathematical backgrounds; second, many professional, managerial, accountancy and banking examinations require an understanding of both these approaches. Further , most techniques these days will be implemented with the aid of a suitable computer program. This book may therefore be seen as being based on the integration of traditional maths with modern maths through the technique of computers.

This book isintended for those students and managers whose basic knowledge of mathematics can best be described as being broadly equivalent to the (old!) '0 ' level.
The approach used in this book is based partly on 'traditional' maths and partly on modern maths. This reflects the view of the author that both have advantages, and that acting together they can provide a very powerful base. This approach is also desirable for other, more pragmatic reasons. First, readers will have widely differing mathematical backgrounds; second, many professional, managerial, accountancy and banking examinations require an understanding of both these approaches. Further , most techniques these days will be implemented with the aid of a suitable computer program. This book may therefore be seen as being based on the integration of traditional maths with modern maths through the technique of computers.

By Steve Chinn, Richard Edmund Ashcroft

Computers have rapidly become so pervasive in mathematics that future generations may look back to this day as a golden dawn. The article gives a survey of mathematical proofs that rely on computer calculations and formal proofs.
Where stands the mathematical endeavor?
In 2012, many mathematical utilities are reaching consolidation. It is an age of large aggregates and large repositories of mathematics: the arXiv, Math Reviews, and euDML, which promises to aggregate the many European archives such as Zentralblatt Math and Numdam. Sage aggregates dozens of mathematically oriented computer programs under a single Python-scripted front-end.

This book is about the role and potential of using digital technology in designing teaching and learning tasks in the mathematics classroom. Digital technology has opened up different new educational spaces for the mathematics classroom in the past few decades and, as technology is constantly evolving, novel ideas and approaches are brewing to enrich these spaces with diverse didactical flavors.