Algarve Marco Polo Travel Guide is a compact travel guide for people who have little time to prepare for a trip don't want to miss anything like to be inspired by great ideas for exciting days out & love all things ultra-practical & easy to use 212 pages Marco Polo ...

Explains concepts simply & clearly without glossing over difficult points Comprehensive & evenly paced this book provides complete coverage of the function concept & integrates a significant amount of graphing calculator material to help students develop insight into mathematical ideas 1136 pages Redlin Lothar (Pennsylvania State University Abington Campus) ...

Clear explanations an uncluttered & appealing layout & examples & exercises featuring a variety of real-life applications have made this book popular among students year after year This latest edition of Swokowski & Cole's ALGEBRA & TRIGONOMETRY WITH ANALYTIC GEOMETRY 13e International Edition retains these features The problems have been consistently praised for being at just the right level for precalculus students The book also provides calculator examples including specific keystrokes that show how to use various graphing calculators to solve problems more quickly Perhaps most important-this book effectively prepares readers for further courses in mathematics ...

328 pages 1 Illustrations color; 4 Illustrations black & white; XIV 328 p 5 illus 1 illus Slinko Arkadii ...

Algebra marked the beginning of modern mathematics moving it beyond arithmetic which involves calculations featuring given numbers to problems where some quantities are unknown Now it stands as a pillar of mathematics underpinning the quantitative sciences both social & physical This Very Short Introduction explains algebra from scratch Over the course of ten logical chapters Higgins offers a step by step approach for readers keen on developing their understanding of algebra Using theory & example he renews the reader's aquaintance with school mathematics before taking them progressively further & deeper into the subject ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

Invaded in 1830 populated by one million settlers who co-existed uneasily with nine million Arabs & Berbers Algeria was different from other French colonies because it was administered as an integral part of France in theory no different from Normandy or Brittany The depth & scale of the colonization process explains why the Algerian War of 1954 to 1962 was one of the longest & most violent of the decolonization struggles An undeclared war in the sense that there was no formal beginning of hostilities the conflict produced huge tensions that brought down four governments ended the Fourth Republic in 1958 & mired the French army in accusations of torture & mass human rights abuses In carefully re-examining the origins & consequences of the conflict Martin Evans argues that it was the Socialist-led Republican Front in power from January 1956 until May 1957 which was the defining moment in the war rather than the later administration under De Gaulle Predicated on the belief in the universal civilizing mission of the Fourth Republic coupled with the conviction that Algerian nationalism was feudal & religiously fanatical in character the Republican Front dramatically intensified the war in the spring of 1956 Drawing upon previously classified archival sources as well as new oral testimonies France's Undeclared War is the first major English-language history of the Algerian conflict in a generation Throughout Martin Evans underlines the ultimately irreconcilable conflict of values between the Republican Front & Algerian nationalism explaining how this clash produced patterns of thought & action such as the institutionalization of torture & the raising of pro-French Muslim militias which tragically polarized choices & framed all stages of the conflict ...

Olivia had always heard stories about Algeria from her maternal grandmother a Black Foot (a " Pied-Noir" the French term for Christian & Jewish settlers of French Algeria who emigrated to France after the Algerian War of Independence) After her grandmother&s death Olivia found some of her grandmother&s journals & letters describing her homeland Now ten years later she resolves to travel to Algeria & experience the country for herself; she arrives alone with her grandmother&s postcards & letters in tow & a single phone number in her pocket of an Algerian Djaffar who will act as her guide Olivia&s quest to understand her origins will bring her to face questions about heritage history shame friendship memory nostalgia fantasy the nature of exile & our unending quest to understand who we are & where we come from ...

This book provides the first practical guide to the function & implementation of algorithmic differentiation in finance Written in a highly accessible way Algorithmic Differentiation Explained will take readers through all the major applications of AD in the derivatives setting with a focus on implementation Algorithmic Differentiation (AD) has been popular in engineering & computer science in areas such as fluid dynamics & data assimilation for many years Over the last decade it has been increasingly (and successfully) applied to financial risk management where it provides an efficient way to obtain financial instrument price derivatives with respect to the data inputs Calculating derivatives exposure across a portfolio is no simple task It requires many complex calculations & a large amount of computer power which in prohibitively expensive & can be time consuming Algorithmic differentiation techniques can be very successfully in computing Greeks & sensitivities of a portfolio with machine precision Written by a leading practitioner who works & programmes AD it offers a practical analysis of all the major applications of AD in the derivatives setting & guides the reader towards implementation Open source code of the examples is provided with the book with which readers can experiment & perform their own test scenarios without writing the related code themselves ...

Creating robust software requires the use of efficient algorithms but programmers seldom think about them until a problem occurs This updated edition of Algorithms in a Nutshell describes a large number of existing algorithms for solving a variety of problems & helps you select & implement the right algorithm for your needs-with just enough math to let you understand & analyze algorithm performance With its focus on application rather than theory this book provides efficient code solutions in several programming languages that you can easily adapt to a specific project Each major algorithm is presented in the style of a design pattern that

Includes:: information to help you understand why & when the algorithm is appropriate With this book you will Solve a particular coding problem or improve on the performance of an existing solution Quickly locate algorithms that relate to the problems you want to solve & determine why a particular algorithm is the right one to use Get algorithmic solutions in C C Java & Ruby with implementation tips Learn the expected performance of an algorithm & the conditions it needs to perform at its best Discover the impact that similar design decisions have on different algorithms Learn advanced data structures to improve the efficiency of algorithms

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A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives In this dazzlingly interdisciplinary work acclaimed author Brian Christian & cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths show us how the simple precise algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions Modern life is constrained by limited space & time limits that give rise to a particular set of problems What should we do or leave undone in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? The authors explain how to have better hunches & when to leave things to chance how to deal with overwhelming choices & how best to connect with others From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory Algorithms To Live By is full of practical takeaways to help you solve common decision-making problems & illuminate the workings of the human mind ...