Presented as a three-volume set, this encyclopedia contains nearly 12,000 entries. It provides definitions, formulas, illustrations, web links, bibliographic information, and facts from mathematics, the sciences, and engineering. It is suitable for those who have an interest in mathematics.

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This third edition of a bestseller is now presented as a three-volume set, making it much more accessible and easier to use when searching for information. Keeping the format that made its predecessors so popular, this edition has been extensively expanded, revised, and updated. It now contains nearly 12,000 entries. Each article provides definitions, formulas, illustrations, web links, bibliographic information, and facts from mathematics, the sciences, and engineering. This new edition is written in an informal style, making it accessible to anyone who has an interest in mathematics. The three-volume set is beautifully bound with much improved typesetting and format.

Praise for the Last Edition?inaugurates a new era ? lives and breathes hand-in-hand with the Internet. ? the book is a "first" in the technology age? . CAS are used extensively by the author, and Mathematica codes are included? . -SIAM Review, Vol. 46 Praise for the First EditionThis extraordinary volume beautifully captures many of the discoveries in mathematics in a readable and authoritative fashion? . What is truly exceptional is that this encyclopedia is the product of a single dedicated and talented author ? an excellent resource for both teaching and research libraries? . -Journal of Mathematical Psychology