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序
1 SET THEORY:Using Mathematics to Classify objects
1.1 problem solving
1.2 the language of sets
1.3 comparing sets
1.4 set operations
1.5 survey problems
chapter summary
chapter test
of further interest:fuzzy sets
2 LOGIC:The Study of What's True or False or Somewhere in Between
2.1 statements,connectives,and quantifiers
2.2 truth tables
2.3 the conditional and biconditional
2.4 verifying arguments
2.5 using euler diagrams to verify syllogisms
chapter summary
chapter test
of further interest:fuzzy logic
3 GRAPH THEORY:The Mathematics of Relationships
3.1 graphsm,puzzles,and map coloring
3.2 the traveling salesperson problem
3.3 directed graphs
3.4 scheduling projects using pert
chapter summary
chapter test
of further interest:finit e state machines
4 LEGISLATIVE APPORTIONMENT:How Do ?We Measure Fairness?
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5 VOTING:Using Mathematics to Make Choices
6 CONSUmER MATHEMATICS:The Mathematics of Everyday Life
7 DATA:How Do We Know What Is True?
8 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: What a Data Set Tells Us
9 COUNTING:Just How Many Are There?
10 PROBABILITY:What Are the Chances?
11 ALGEBRAIC MODELS:How Do We Approximate Reality?
12 GEOMTRY:Ancient and Modern Mathematics Embrace
13 MATRICES:Calculating with Tables of Numerical Information
Answers to Quiz Yourself
Answers to Exercises
Index