Edizione	[1st ed. 2013.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (149 p.)
Disciplina	510.24338
Soggetto topico	Mathematics Mathematical models Mathematics - Study and teaching Social sciences Mathematics, general Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics Mathematics Education Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences
ISBN	4-431-54346-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface; Contents; A Dialogue Between a Mathematician and Toyota's Chairman: Think, Think, and Think Again; What Lies Beneath; (Mathematical) Reason and Sentiment; Math Is Fun; Mathematics and ``Kaizen''; Ask ``Why'' Five Times; Company Profile of Toyota; A Brief Biography of Fujio Cho, Toyota; About the University of Tokyo; A Brief Biography of Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Mathematician; BNP Paribas/Tokyo; Reasons Why Mathematics Is Important to Our Company; Definitions; Bootstrapping Method; The Market Convention Equation; Reasons Why Business Needs Mathematics; Last Words Company Profile of BNP ParibasA Brief Biography of Yusuke Yasuda, BNP Paribas/Tokyo; Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Are Numbers Useful? Acknowledging the Contribution of Mathematical Modeling to Corporate Management; The Realities of Corporate Management; The Mathematical Methods Employed by Takeda; Corporate Strategy and Planning; Sales and Marketing; Research and Development; Mathematical Reasoning in Business; Last But Not Least; Company Profile of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; A Brief Biography of Yasuchika Hasegawa, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)Mathematics Drives the Economy; Introduction; Mathematics Supports the Safety and Security of the Services Provided by NTT; Mathematics That Gives Impetus to Innovation; From Mathematics to Corporate Management; Company Profile of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT); A Brief Biography of Norio Wada, NTT; Nomura Holdings, Inc.; The Role of Mathematics in Finance: Applied Mathematics and Risk; Company Profile of Nomura Holdings, Inc.; A Brief Biography of Kenichi Watanabe, Nomura HD; HORIBA, Ltd. Mathematics Is the Starting Point of Corporate CultureHORIBA, Ltd. Started as a Student Venture Company; Products Are Based on Mathematics; Identification of the True Nature of Things; Communications; Human Assets Are Invisible Properties That GreatlySupport the Group; The HORIBA Group Is One Company; Company Profile of Horiba, Ltd.; A Brief Biography of Atsushi Horiba, HORIBA; Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI); Mathematics Supports Development of Railway System Technology; To Improve Performance of Trains; To Cope with Natural Disasters; To Reduce Deterioration of the Environment To Control Train OperationCompany Profile of Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI); A Brief Biography of Eisuke Masada, RTRI; Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC); The Role of Mathematics in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Exploitation Industry in Japan; Introduction; What Are Oil Fields and Natural Gas Fields?; The Origin of Oil Is Not Where It Exists Today; Method of Oil Field and Natural Gas Field Exploitation; Method of Direct Petroleum Exploitation; Risk Evaluation Accompanying Oil-Gas Field Development The Role of Mathematics in the Petroleum and Natural Gas Exploitation and Development Industry
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910438150103321

Autore	Belenky Alexander S
Edizione	[2nd ed. 2016.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham, : Springer Nature, 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (XIX, 165 p. 2 illus.)
Disciplina	340.9 340.2
Collana	SpringerBriefs in Law
Soggetto topico	Conflict of laws United States—Politics and government Law—Philosophy Law Elections Mathematics Social sciences Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law US Politics Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History Electoral Politics Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Soggetto non controllato	Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law US Politics Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History Electoral Politics Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences
ISBN	3-319-44696-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1 The Initial Design of the Electoral College: Basic Ideas,Logical Mistakes, and Overlooked Problems -- 2 The Electoral College Today -- 3 Curbing Contingent Elections -- 4 Inconvenient Facts About the Electoral College -- 5 The Electoral College and Campaign Strategies -- 6 The National Popular Vote Plan: A Brilliant Idea or a Dead-on-Arrival Delusion? -- 7 Equalizing the Will of the States and the Will of the Nation -- 8. Conclusion: Fundamental Merits, Embedded Deficiencies, and Some Urgent Problems of the U.S. Presidential Election System.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910166956103321

Autore	Clark Bob
Edizione	[1st ed. 2017.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (XIII, 215 p. 9 illus.)
Disciplina	510.1
Collana	History of Analytic Philosophy
Soggetto topico	Mathematics—Philosophy Mathematics Social sciences Philosophy Philosophy of Mathematics Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences History of Philosophy
ISBN	3-319-63991-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Problem Posed -- Chapter 2: Fictionalism, Applicability, and Face Value -- Chapter 3: Infinity and Concept-Determination -- Chapter 4: The Hardness of the Logical ‘Must’ -- Chapter 5: The Problem Solved -- Appendix 1: Groups, Transformations and Homomorphisms -- Appendix 2: A Representation Theorem.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910255213403321

Edizione	[1st ed. 2019.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (XIII, 156 p. 36 illus., 32 illus. in color.)
Disciplina	519
Collana	Association for Women in Mathematics Series
Soggetto topico	Mathematics Social sciences History Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences History of Mathematical Sciences
ISBN	3-030-21170-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Part 1. The First World Meeting for Women in Mathematics -- 1. Algebra and geometry in the study of enzymatic Cascades -- 2. A survey of semidefinite programming approaches to the generalized problem of moments and their error analysis -- 3. How Mathematics is changing the world -- 4. Metastability: a brief introduction through three Examples -- Part 2. The gender gap in mathematical and natural sciences from a historical Perspective -- 5. The Historical Context of the Gender Gap in Mathematics -- 6.Initiatives of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics to reduce the Gender Gap in Physics -- 7. A data analysis of women’s trails among ICM speakers.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910360850803321