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| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Math Jokes 4 Mathy Folks G. Patrick Vennebush, 2010 Professor and Mathemagician, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA -- |
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| maths who wants to be a millionaire: That's Maths Peter Lynch, 2016-10-14 From atom bombs to rebounding slinkies, open your eyes to the mathematical magic in the everyday. Mathematics isn't just for academics and scientists, a fact meteorologist and blogger Peter Lynch has spent the past several years proving through his Irish Times newspaper column and blog, That's Maths.Here, he shows how maths is all around us, with chapters on the beautiful equations behind designing a good concert venue, predicting the stock market and modelling the atom bomb, as well as playful meditations on everything from coin-stacking to cartography. If you left school thinking maths was boring, think again! |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Solutions Support Book 7 David Baker, 2005 This is a major new series developed to provide complete coverage of the framework for teaching mathematics and Medium Term Plan in a highly accessible and modern format. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Teaching Mathematics Pamela Cowan, 2006-02-13 Practical advice for teachers of Mathematics at the beginning of their careers in primary or secondary schools, with guidance on effective teaching, classroom practice, and career development. |
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| maths who wants to be a millionaire: AS Use of Maths - Algebra and Graphs (incorporating Applying Maths) June Haighton, Anne Haworth, Geoff Wake, 2003 A study guide covering two compulsory modules of AS Mathematics. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Not Your Average Maths Book Anna Weltman, 2022-02-15 Not Your Average Maths Book presents a fun and accessible look at numbers, filled with great facts and fascinating insights into numbers, their history and the mathematicians who made key breakthroughs in their fields. From how long it would take to count to a billion, to why bubbles are always round, to what the ham sandwich theorem is, this book answers all these questions and many many more! Not Your Average Maths Book looks at how maths is useful in our everyday lives, from how it is useful on the construction site to how algorithms dictate what music we listen to on our smart phones, as well as setting out a short history of maths, starting with the first written numbers, from 43,000 years ago, through all the major mathematical discoveries right up to the present day! Complete with a mathemetician's hall of fame, highlighting some of the brilliant minds who have advanced our understanding of numbers, to awards for the most special numbers as well as explanations of what makes them so great, this book will fascinate budding mathematicians or children keen to learn about more about the world around them. Filled with facts, and with fun illustrated layouts and graphics to help visualise the concepts, Not Your Average Maths Book is a perfect extracurricular companion to help inspire a love of maths and numbers in kids. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Solutions Teacher Planning Pack Support Book 7 David Baker, 2005 The only AQA GCSE maths series to be exclusively endorsed and approved by AQA, AQA Mathematics for GCSE blends print and electronic resources to provide you with complete reassurance that you have everything you need to deliver the revised 2006 GCSE Mathematics specification. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: The Maths Behind... Colin Beveridge, 2017-10-05 The Maths Behind over 60 everyday phenomena. Have you ever wondered why traffic jams often turn out to have no cause when you get to the end of the queue? There's a mathematical explanation for that. Or ever considered whether some lotteries might be easier to win than others? There's a formula for that too. If you've ever been curious about the mathematical strings that hold our world together, then look no further than The Maths Behind. This intriguing and illuminating book takes a scientific view of your everyday world, and can give you the answers to all the niggling questions in your life, along with many you never even thought to ask. From the science behind roller coasters, to the maths behind how to consistently win at Monopoly (and become very unpopular with your family), this is a fascinating look at the mathematical forces that run beneath our everyday transactions. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: The Perfect Maths Lesson Ian Loynd, 2014-07-25 The Perfect (Ofsted) Maths Lesson recognises that teaching is hard and that, although no teacher is perfect, their lessons can be. Drawing on his experience as a secondary maths teacher and assistant head teacher Ian Loynd provides practical ideas and common-sense methods that can help every teacher to be outstanding, and uncovers the essential strategies that help teachers appear to walk on water. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Is That a Big Number? Andrew Elliott, 2018-06-28 Impressive statistics are thrown at us every day - the cost of health care; the size of an earthquake; the distance to the nearest star; the number of giraffes in the world. We know all these numbers are important - some more than others - and it's vaguely unsettling when we don't really have a clear sense of how remarkable or how ordinary they are. How do we work out what these figures actually mean? Are they significant, should we be worried, or excited, or impressed? How big is big, how small is small? With this entertaining and engaging book, help is at hand. Andrew Elliott gives us the tips and tools to make sense of numbers, to get a sense of proportion, to decipher what matters. It is a celebration of a numerate way of understanding the world. It shows how number skills help us to understand the everyday world close at hand, and how the same skills can be stretched to demystify the bigger numbers that we find in the wider contexts of science, politics, and the universe. Entertaining, full of practical examples, and memorable concepts, Is That A Big Number? renews our relationship with figures. If numbers are the musical notes with which the symphony of the universe is written, and you're struggling to hear the tune, then this is the book to get you humming again. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Mathematics in Everyday Life John Haigh, 2016-01-22 How does mathematics impact everyday events? The purpose of this book is to show a range of examples where mathematics can be seen at work in everyday life. From money (APR, mortgage repayments, personal finance), simple first and second order ODEs, sport and games (tennis, rugby, athletics, darts, tournament design, soccer, snooker), business (stock control, linear programming, check digits, promotion policies, investment), the social sciences (voting methods, Simpson’s Paradox, drug testing, measurements of inequality) to TV game shows and even gambling (lotteries, roulette, poker, horse racing), the mathematics behind commonplace events is explored. Fully worked examples illustrate the ideas discussed and each chapter ends with a collection of exercises. Everyday Mathematics supports other first year modules by giving students extra practice in working with calculus, linear algebra, geometry, trigonometry and probability. Secondary/high school level mathematics is all that is required for students to understand the material. Those students whose degree course includes writing an extended mathematical essay will find many suitable topics here, with pointers to extend and develop the material. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers Bobby Seagull, 2018-10-25 If you found maths lessons at school irrelevant and boring, that’s because you didn’t have a teacher like Bobby Seagull. ***As seen on Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain*** Long before his rise to cult fandom on University Challenge, Bobby Seagull was obsessed with numbers. They were the keys that unlocked the randomness of football results, the beauty of art and the best way to get things done. In his absorbing book, Bobby tells the story of his life through numbers and shows the incredible ways maths can make sense of the world around us. From magic shows to rap lyrics, from hobbies to outer space, from fitness to food – Bobby’s infectious enthusiasm for numbers will change how you think about almost everything. Told through fascinating stories and insights from Bobby’s life, and with head-scratching puzzles in every chapter, you’ll never look at numbers the same way again. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Maths and ICT in the Primary School Richard English, 2013-05-24 By clearly outlining how ICT can enhance and improve children's learning, this book shows how to unlock the full potential of ICT within the classroom. This book will support both trainee and qualified teachers in providing rich and creative maths experiences through the use of ICT. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Number Mel Lever, 2013-10-23 First Published in 2003. This short series of three books - Number; Shape and Space; and Measures and Handling Data- gives teachers and parents a range of ideas to help children with mathematical learning difficulties get to grips with mathematics. In order to help these children effectively, statements and teaching points need to be rephrased and produced in a variety of ways, using concrete and pictorial aids. The activities in these books will help teachers to offer children a wide-ranging mathematical vocabulary - adding meaning to the words children already use rather than just adding words to their repertoire. these activities are flexible and can be used in any order with children of a range of ages and ability. Activities focusing on number includes: early counting activities; acquisition and use of number bonds; using the 100 square in understanding the four rules of number and number patterns; strategies to help with place value; an introduction to Maths Monster and activities to help memory training. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Summary: Bad Boy Ballmer BusinessNews Publishing,, 2013-02-15 The must-read summary of Frederic Maxwell's book: Bad Boy Ballmer: The Man Who Rules Microsoft. This complete summary of the ideas from Frederic Maxwell's book Bad Boy Ballmer shows how many people don’t realize that Steve Ballmer works so closely alongside Bill Gates at Microsoft that they almost act as a single unit. In his book, the author explains how the two met at Harvard University in 1973 and Ballmer was later offered a job by Gates at his new company. From managing the firm’s recruitment, to fending off competitors, and eventually becoming the company’s CEO, this summary tells the amazing story of a highly intelligent, focused and inspiring individual. Added-value of this summary: • Save time • Understand key concepts • Expand your knowledge To learn more, read Bad Boy Ballmer and discover the story behind one of the world's most successful partnerships. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: The Little Book of Maths Theorems, Theories and Things Surendra Verma, 2008 Mathematics is indeed fun as this little book testifies. This book presents a unique collection of mathematical ideas, theories, theorems, conjectures, rules, facts, equations, formulas, paradoxes, fallacies and puzzles with short, simple and witty explanations that require no background in mathematics. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: A Practical Guide to Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School Clare S. Lee, Sue Johnston-Wilder, Robert Ward-Penny, 2013 Offers straightforward advice, inspiration and support for mathematics teachers whether in training or newly qualified. Based on the best research and practice available, it offers a wide range of tried and tested approaches that succeed in secondary classrooms. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Masculinities In Mathematics Mendick, Heather, 2006-06-01 We desperately need more people with good mathematical qualifications to fill many posts in numerate occupations, yet the numbers choosing to continue studying mathematics have fallen over the last 10 years. This book is important as it investigates how mathematics is aligned with masculinity and hence is not attractive to a significant part of the population. It is also challenging, scholarly, and a thoroughly good read. It reports the results of carefully designed research on gender and choice, and includes some fascinating individual case-studies. It should make us all reflecton what we are doing and how we can repair the damage. Margaret Brown, Professor of Mathematical Education, King's College London The book speaks to me as one of those texts that will become seminal in mathematics education. It is original, refreshing, and despite a complicated plot, points to some ways forward. It is engagingly written, if at times perhaps a little bit no-nonsense in tone. It will be of interest to teachers and teacher educators, as well as providing a theoretical stance that should inform future research. British Educational Research Journal The study of mathematics, together with other 'gendered' subjects such as science and engineering, usually attracts more male than female pupils, particularly at more advanced levels. In this book Heather Mendick explores this phenomenon, addressing the important question of why more boys than girls choose to study mathematics. She combines new research with an original theoretical approach to argue that 'doing mathematics is doing masculinity'. The book illuminates what studying mathematics means for both students and teachers and offers a broad range of insights into students' views and practices. In addition to the words of young people learning mathematics, the masculinity of mathematics is explored through historical material and cinematic representations. Heather Mendick discusses the ways in which the alignment of mathematics with masculinity creates tensions for girls and women doing the subject. These tensions are sensitively explored through interviews with young men and women, to show how doing mathematics fits or conflicts with their gender identities. Finally, the book explores the implications for teachers, including ways to promote gender equity in mathematics education. This is key reading for students on courses in gender and education, mathematics education, gender and curriculum, and social justice. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Creative Teaching: Mathematics in the Primary Classroom Mary Briggs, Sue Davis, 2014-09-19 This stimulating text shows how primary mathematics can be creative, exciting and enjoyable. Offering teachers a dynamic and different perspective, it enables them to see and teach in creative ways that will develop their pupil’s mathematical thinking potential. Creative Teaching: Mathematics in the Primary Classroom encourages students, trainees and practicing teachers to envision and develop a classroom where children can take risks, enjoy and experiment with mathematical thinking, and discover and pursue their interests and talents in an imaginative yet purposeful way. This second edition contains key updates to reflect the changes to the primary curriculum and includes: new sections on: specialist teaching, parental engagement and approaches to homework; creative classroom environments; working walls, displays and outdoor settings; links to assessment, speaking, listening and learning theory; use of media, film, news and stories for creative learning; cross-curricula work. Featuring reflective tasks in every chapter, this book will prove essential and inspiring reading for all trainee and practising teachers looking to develop their creative practice. Aimed at primary and early years trainee teachers, NQTs and experienced teachers, this is a timely publication for teachers and schools seeking to broaden their maths curriculum, making it more creative and appealing to young minds. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? Joanne Bonny, 2020-05-21 Journalist Emma Fontana is in the middle of setting up a women's magazine called Revolution, when she discovers that her best friends have signed her up for the reality show Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? For ten days, eligible bachelor Marco Bernardi will host twenty girls in his villa and then choose one of them to be his bride. At first, Emma is furious, and sets off for Como with the intention of discrediting the whole show. But it isn't long before she finds herself caught up in the ridiculous thrill of it all. And then there's Marco's older brother Leonardo, who is as charming as he is suspicious of Emma's real intentions. As her feelings towards the Bernardi brothers become more complicated with each passing day, Emma finds herself wondering: does she want to marry a millionaire? |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Early Numeracy Margaret Sangster, Rona Catterall, 2009-07-16 This highly practical text provides support for teachers and helps satisfy government guidelines with over 100 activities to introduce mathematical concepts. The resource offers a range of versatile activities and full colour illustrations throughout to help engage the reader and help support best teaching practice. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire Nat Amoore, 2019-06-04 Finding a million dollars in your backyard - every kid's dream, right? That's what me and my best friend Toby thought too. Jumping castles at school. Lollipops for our adoring fans. Wearing sunglasses indoors ('cos that's what all the millionaires do). There's a lot you can get with a million dollars . . . including a whole lot of trouble. BONUS TIPS ON HOW TO BE A SCHOOLYARD MILLIONAIRE INSIDE! |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: The Magic of Math Arthur Benjamin, 2015-09-08 The world's greatest mental mathematical magician takes us on a spellbinding journey through the wonders of numbers (and more) Arthur Benjamin . . . joyfully shows you how to make nature's numbers dance. -- Bill Nye (the science guy) The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examples-from ice-cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares-this book revels in key mathematical fields including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus, plus Fibonacci numbers, infinity, and, of course, mathematical magic tricks. Known throughout the world as the mathemagician, Arthur Benjamin mixes mathematics and magic to make the subject fun, attractive, and easy to understand for math fan and math-phobic alike. A positively joyful exploration of mathematics. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review Each [trick] is more dazzling than the last. -- Physics World |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Designing and Using Mathematical Tasks John Mason, Sue Johnston-Wilder, 2006 Does being able to do mathematics mean being competent at techniques and understanding how ideas and techniques fit together? By being given appropriate tasks, learners develop their powers to think mathematically and learn to appreciate how ideas fit together. (Education/Teaching) |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything Rob Eastaway, 2019-09-19 ‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH ‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRY |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Numeracy Support Pack 9-2 Wendy Fortescue Hubbard, 2002 This series of resources provides comprehensive support for the Framework for Teaching Mathematics for Year 9, with particular emphasis on a three part mathematics lesson. The materials are fully linked to Key Maths and address the beginning and end of the typical lesson structure outlined in the Framework. The activities within the packs provide a variety of presentational models including opportunities for interactive oral work, direct teaching and paired or group activity work to encourage pupils to engage in mathematical conversation. The packs allow teachers to build resources such as number cards and fans. A wide range of data sets, graphs, tables and examples are included for photocopying or use on an OHP. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Numeracy Tests For Dummies Colin Beveridge, 2012-01-25 The easy way to get practice and excel at numeracy tests Whether you're looking for a new job, applying to certain university courses, or attempting to join the military, you're increasingly likely to face a numeracy test as part of the screening process. And the only way to prepare for a numeracy test is practise. Numeracy Tests For Dummies is an accessible one-stop guide to pass these test. Featuring expert advice, instruction, review, and plenty of practise, Numeracy Tests For Dummies will help you succeed. Numeracy Tests For Dummies contains instruction and revision on: Basic mathematical knowledge and skills Data interpretation Quantitative reasoning Numerical sequencing |
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| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Funny Ethnics Shirley Le, 2023-02-28 'I looked at the streets of Yagoona through eyes stinging with melted Maybelline liquid liner. Yagoona looked back at me, the wannabe hipster who dreamed of moving to a share house in the inner west, and cackled. Funny Ethnics catapults readers into the sprawling city-within-a-city that is Western Sydney and the world of Sylvia Nguyen: only child of Vietnamese refugee parents, unexceptional student, exceptional self-doubter. It's a place where migrants from across the world converge, and identity is a slippery, ever-shifting beast. Jumping through snapshots of Sylvia's life - from childhood to something resembling adulthood - this novel is about square pegs and round holes, those who belong and those on the fringes. It's a funhouse mirror held up to modern Australia revealing suburban fortune tellers, train-carriage preachers, crumbling friendships and bad stand-up comedy. In Funny Ethnics, Shirley Le uses a coming-of-age tale to reveal a side of Australia so ordinary that it's entirely bizarre. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Creative Teaching David Starbuck, 2012-03-08 Find out how you can be more creative and encourage more creativity from your students without having to put in hours of extra preparation. This concise, practical guide will help you to gain the confidence to move out of your comfort zone and take some risks, in order to meet the needs of students with a variety of learning styles and needs. This updated edition of Creative Teaching includes practical activities and a variety of strategies to help you to plan exciting, pupil-centred lessons that are easy to integrate into your schemes of work. There is new material on: • independent learning - offering a clear framework for design, delivery and assessment of lessons• transforming the ethos of the school to a positive, creative one• the companion website - offering printable or downloadable checklists, questionnaires and templates. Along with adaptable action plans for improving both your classroom and whole-school ethos, this book creates a cohesive picture of how teachers can make learning easier and more enjoyable for themselves and their pupils. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Mathematics for the Million: How to Master the Magic of Numbers Lancelot Hogben, 1993-09-17 It makes alive the contents of the elements of mathematics.—Albert Einstein Taking only the most elementary knowledge for granted, Lancelot Hogben leads readers of this famous book through the whole course from simple arithmetic to calculus. His illuminating explanation is addressed to the person who wants to understand the place of mathematics in modern civilization but who has been intimidated by its supposed difficulty. Mathematics is the language of size, shape, and order—a language Hogben shows one can both master and enjoy. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: The One Minute Millionaire Mark Victor Hansen, Robert G. Allen, 2009-08-04 Two mega-bestselling authors with decades of experience in teaching people how to achieve extraordinary wealth and success share their secrets. Mark Victor Hansen, cocreator of the phenomenal Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and Robert G. Allen, one of the world’s foremost financial experts, have helped thousands of people become millionaires. Now it’s your turn. Is it possible to make a million dollars in only one minute? The answer just might surprise you. The One Minute Millionaire is an entirely new approach, a life-changing “millionaire system” that will teach you how to: * Create wealth even when you have nothing to start with. * Overcome fears so you can take reasonable risks. * Use the power of leverage to build wealth rapidly. * Use “one minute” habits to build wealth over the long term. The One Minute Millionaire is a revolutionary approach to building wealth and a powerful program for self-discovery as well. Here are two books in one, fiction and nonfiction, designed to address two kinds of learning so that you can fully integrate these life-changing lessons. On the right-hand pages, you will find the fictional story of a woman who has to make a million dollars in ninety days or lose her two children forever. The left-hand pages give the practical, step-by-step nonfiction strategies and techniques that actually work in the real world. You’ll find more than one hundred nuts-and-bolts “Millionaire Minutes,” each one a concise and invaluable lesson with specific techniques for creating wealth. However, the lessons here are not just about becoming a millionaire—they are about becoming an enlightened millionaire and how to ethically make, keep, and share your wealth. Whether your goal is less than a million dollars or that amount many times over, there’s never been a better time to achieve abundance. Let The One Minute Millionaire show you the way. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Let's Talk Personalized Learning - Prospectus Akhilesh Khare, 2022-12-04 Let's Talk Personalized Learning offers various complementary personal development courses and programs for schools/ colleges and coaching institutions. They include motivational talks, personality development, career planning, soft skills, speed maths and various co-curricular activities. Flagship courses are Passion to profession, The best version of yourself, Developed thinking, Personality tests and Personality development for civil services aspirants. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Taking Chances John Haigh, 2003 What are the odds against winning the Lotto, The Weakest Link, or Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The answer lies in the science of probability, yet many of us are unaware of how this science works. Every day, people make judgements on a wide variety of situations where chance plays a role, including buying insurance, betting on horse-racing, following medical advice - even carrying an umbrella. In Taking Chances, John Haigh guides the reader round common pitfalls, demonstrates how to make better-informed decisions, and shows where the odds can be unexpectedly in your favour. This new edition has been fully updated, and includes information on top television shows, plus a new chapter on Probability for Lawyers.--BOOK JACKET. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: How Long Is a Piece of String? Rob Eastaway, 2014-04-02 Why do weather forecasters get it wrong? What are the best tactics for playing Who Wants to be a Millionaire? and The Weakest Link? And what is the link between a tin of baked beans and a men's urinal? These and many other questions are answered in this book. It is for anyone wanting to remind themselves - or discover for the first time - that maths is relevant to almost everything we do. Dating, cooking, travelling by car, gambling and ranking sportsmen all have links with intriguing mathematical problems that are explained in this book. It reveals the secrets behind some of the best con tricks and the hidden workings of the taxi meter, and explains how epidemics start and stop. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Fluke Joseph Mazur, 2016-03-29 A mathematical guide to understanding why life can seem to be one big coincidence-and why the odds of just about everything are better than we would think. What are the chances? This is the question we ask ourselves when we encounter the strangest and most seemingly impossible coincidences, like the woman who won the lottery four times or the fact that Lincoln's dreams foreshadowed his own assassination. But, when we look at coincidences mathematically, the odds are a lot better than any of us would have thought. In Fluke, mathematician Joseph Mazur takes a second look at the seemingly improbable, sharing with us an entertaining guide to the most surprising moments in our lives. He takes us on a tour of the mathematical concepts of probability, such as the law of large numbers and the birthday paradox, and combines these concepts with lively anecdotes of flukes from around the world. How do you explain finding your college copy of Moby Dick in a used bookstore on the Seine on your first visit to Paris? How can a jury be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that DNA found at the scene of a heinous crime did not get there by some fluke? Should we be surprised if strangers named Maria and Francisco, seeking each other in a hotel lobby, accidentally meet the wrong Francisco and the wrong Maria, another pair of strangers also looking for each other? As Mazur reveals, if there is any likelihood that something could happen, no matter how small, it is bound to happen to someone at some time. In Fluke, Mazur offers us proof of the inevitability of the sublime and the unexpected. He has written a book that will appeal to anyone who has ever wondered how all of the tiny decisions that happen in our lives add up to improbable wholes. A must-read for math enthusiasts and storytellers alike, Fluke helps us to understand the true nature of chance. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Global Calculus S. Ramanan, 2005 The power that analysis, topology and algebra bring to geometry has revolutionised the way geometers and physicists look at conceptual problems. Some of the key ingredients in this interplay are sheaves, cohomology, Lie groups, connections and differential operators. In Global Calculus, the appropriate formalism for these topics is laid out with numerous examples and applications by one of the experts in differential and algebraic geometry. Ramanan has chosen an uncommon but natural path through the subject. In this almost completely self-contained account, these topics are developed from scratch. The basics of Fourier transforms, Sobolev theory and interior regularity are proved at the same time as symbol calculus, culminating in beautiful results in global analysis, real and complex. Many new perspectives on traditional and modern questions of differential analysis and geometry are the hallmarks of the book. The book is suitable for a first year graduate course on Global Analysis. |
| maths who wants to be a millionaire: Harnessing Technology for Every Child Matters and Personalised Learning John Galloway, 2008-11-27 This book takes into account three core policies: 'Every Child Matters', 'Personalised Learning', and 'Harnessing Technology', combined they are at the heart of changes to children and young peoplesÕ experiences of school. This book considers these policies and their interlinked relationship, making it an essential resource for training and practicing teachers, school leaders, and all those involved in educational transformation. |
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