Lawrence C. Washington / University of Maryland, College Park, USA

Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography, Second Edition

Series: Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications Volume: 50
ISBN: 9781420071467
Publication Date: 4/7/2008
Number of Pages: 536

Explores how elliptic curves are used in cryptography and number theory
Requires no background in algebraic geometry
Discusses both the Weil and Tate-Lichtenbaum pairings
Covers elliptic curve cryptosystems, such as pairing-based encryption
Introduces three popular packages (Pari, Magma, and Sage) for computing with elliptic curves

Like its bestselling predecessor, Elliptic Curves: Number Theory and Cryptography, Second Edition develops the theory of elliptic curves to provide a basis for both number theoretic and cryptographic applications. With additional exercises, this edition offers more comprehensive coverage of the fundamental theory, techniques, and applications of elliptic curves.

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Robert Gentleman / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Washington, USA

Bioinformatics with R

Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer Science & Data Analysis

ISBN: 9781420063677
Publication Date: 8/15/2008
Number of Pages: 320

Provides an overview of techniques to develop R programming skills for bioinformatics
Covers a wide range of topics that includes R language fundamentals and object-oriented programming in R
Includes a number of detailed illustrative bioinformatics examples as well as exercises throughout the text
Authored by the original developer of the software and leader of the Bioconductor project

The Bioconductor project was initiated in 2001 to provide a resource of R packages that specifically address bioinformatics problems. Written by the leader of this project and the original developer of the R software, Bioinformatics with R provides an overview of techniques to develop R programming skills for bioinformatics. The book presents comprehensive coverage of a broad range of key topics, including R language fundamentals, object-oriented programming in R, foreign language interfaces, building R packages, handling different data technologies, and debugging. It includes a number of detailed illustrative bioinformatics examples as well as exercises to demonstrate techniques.

Table of Contents

Introducing R. R Language Fundamentals. Object Oriented Programming in R. Input and Output in R. Working with Character Data. Foreign Language Interfaces. R Packages. Data Technologies. Debugging and Profiling.

Eric W. Weisstein / Wolfram Research, Champaign, Illinois, USA

The CRC Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Third Edition - 3 Volume Set

ISBN: 9781420072211
Publication Date: 5/2009
Number of Pages: 4512

出版前価格\34,180. 出版後価格\42,780.

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Dramatically Expanded to Be the Most Comprehensive Library Reference on Mathematics Available Today

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• Provides a versatile resource for students, faculty, and professionals working in mathematics, the sciences, and engineering
• 4300 pages with 4500 figures
• Over 1000 pages of entirely new material
• Nearly 12,000 entries now in 3 volumes
• Updated for use with Mathematica^ｮ 6 and 7
• Entries contain definitions, formulas, illustrations, web links, bibliographic information, and useful facts 

Improvements to the Third Edition include:

• Now more than 11,900 individual entries--4300 of them new (60% more than the previous edition)
• Entries extensively revised, extended, and updated
• Written in clear, precise, readable language that is accessible to students, scientists, engineers, and laypeople, while still retaining the rigor demanded by the mathematics professional
• Extensive additions and updates in graph theory, discrete mathematics, number theory, plane geometry, special function theory, integer sequences, and the theory of mathematical constants
• Updated with new research, computational, and theoretical results
• 3 handsomely bound volumes containing a total of 4300 pages--a full 1000 pages of content more than the previous edition
• Printed on high-quality paper for durability and ease of reading
• Completely new typesetting done by the author including higher quality formatting and tighter pagination
• High-quality table layout and formatting
• Now more than 1100 tables enumerating properties--three times as many tables as before
• High-resolution line and grayscale figures and diagrams
• Extensively illustrated with more than 4500 figures--nearly 3 times as many as before
• Many figures updated and refined
• Many new literature and internet citations
• Updated with nearly 37,000 citations, many of them to recent literature--nearly 3 times as the previous edition
• Nearly 5000 internet citations--10 times as many as before
• Thousands of additional cross-references
• Content updated for Mathematica 6 and 7
• Mathematica notebooks available for download for nearly 5000 of the entries

Michael M Woolfson (University of York, UK)

EVERYDAY PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Health, Elections, Gambling and War

Probability and statistics impinge on the life of the average person in a variety of ways ? as is suggested by the title of this book. Very often, information is provided that is factually accurate but intended to present a biased view. This book presents the important results of probability and statistics without making heavy mathematical demands on the reader. It should enable an intelligent reader to properly assess statistical information and to understand that the same information can be presented in different ways.

Contents:

The Nature of Probability
Combining Probabilities
A Day at the Races
Making Choices and Selections
Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability
Probability and Health
Chains of Probability
The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice and Crooked Wheels
Block Diagrams
The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution
Statistics ? The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data
The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks
Predicting Voting Patterns
Taking Samples ? How Many Fish in the Pond?
Differences ? Rats and IQs
Crime is Increasing and Decreasing
My Uncle Joe Smoked 60 a Day
Chance, Luck and Making Decisions

Readership: Undergraduate students in mathematics; general public interested in probability and statistics.

160pp (approx.) Pub. date: Scheduled Summer 2008
ISBN 978-1-84816-031-6
ISBN 978-1-84816-032-3(pbk)