L.A. Math : : Romance, Crime, and Mathematics in the City of Angels /

L.A. Math : : Romance, Crime, and Mathematics in the City of Angels / / James D. Stein.

Move over, Sherlock and Watson-the detective duo to be reckoned with. In the entertaining short-story collection L.A. Math, freelance investigator Freddy Carmichael and his sidekick, Pete Lennox, show how math smarts can crack even the most perplexing cases. Freddy meets colorful personalities throu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Stein, James D.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 4 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE: L.A. MATH
  • MATHEMATICAL TOPICS BY CHAPTER
  • CHAPTER 1. A CHANGE OF SCENE
  • CHAPTER 2. THE CASE OF THE VANISHING GREENBACKS
  • CHAPTER 3. A MATTER OF TIME
  • CHAPTER 4. THE WORST FORTY DAYS SINCE THE FLOOD
  • CHAPTER 5. THE ACCIDENTAL GUEST
  • CHAPTER 6. MESSAGE FROM A CORPSE
  • CHAPTER 7. ANIMAL PASSIONS
  • CHAPTER 8. NOTHING TO CROW ABOUT
  • CHAPTER 9. THE WINNING STREAK
  • CHAPTER 10. ONE LONG SEASON
  • CHAPTER 11. THE GREAT BASKETBALL FIX
  • CHAPTER 12. IT'S ALL IN THE GAME
  • CHAPTER 13. DIVISION OF LABOR
  • CHAPTER 14. THE QUARTERBACK CONTROVERSY
  • APPENDIX 1. MATHEMATICAL LOGIC IN "A CHANGE OF SCENE"
  • APPENDIX 2. PERCENTAGES IN "THE CASE OF THE VANISHING GREENBACKS"
  • APPENDIX 3. AVERAGES AND RATES IN "A MATTER OF TIME"
  • APPENDIX 4. SEQUENCES AND ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS IN "THE WORST FORTY DAYS SINCE THE FLOOD"
  • APPENDIX 5. ALGEBRA, THE LANGUAGE OF QUANTITATIVE RELATIONSHIPS, IN "THE ACCIDENTAL GUEST"
  • APPENDIX 6. MATHEMATICS OF FINANCE IN "MESSAGE FROM A CORPSE"
  • APPENDIX 7. SET THEORY IN "ANIMAL PASSIONS"
  • APPENDIX 8. THE CHINESE RESTAURANT PRINCIPLE: COMBINATORICS IN "NOTHING TO CROW ABOUT"
  • APPENDIX 9. PROBABILITY AND EXPECTATION IN "THE WINNING STREAK"
  • APPENDIX 10. CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY IN "ONE LONG SEASON"
  • APPENDIX 11. STATISTICS IN "THE GREAT BASKETBALL FIX"
  • APPENDIX 12. GAME THEORY IN "IT'S ALL IN THE GAME"
  • APPENDIX 13. ELECTIONS IN "DIVISION OF LABOR"
  • APPENDIX 14. ALGORITHMS, EFFICIENCY, AND COMPLEXITY IN "THE QUARTERBACK CONTROVERSY"
  • AN INTRODUCTION TO SPORTS BETTING
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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