Showing papers in "The Mathematical Gazette in 1967"

Advanced Engineering Mathematics. By C. R. Wylie. Pp. xiv, 813. 1966. (McGraw-Hill.)

Abstract: Ordinary differential equations of the first order linear differential equations complex numbers and linear algebra simultaneous linear differential equations numerical methods the descriptive theory of nonlinear differential equations mechanical systems and electric circuits Fourier series Fourier integrals and Fourier transforms the Laplace transformation partial differential equations Bessel functions and Legendre polynomials applications and further properties of matrices vector analysis the calculus of variations analytic functions of a complex variable infinite series in the complex plane the theory of residues conformal mapping.

Logic of Statistical Inference. By Ian Hacking. Pp. ix, 232. 40s. 1965. (Cambridge University Press)

Abstract: Preface 1. Long run frequencies 2. The chance set-up 3. Support 4. The long run 5. The law of likelihood 6. Statistical tests 7. Theories of testing 8. Random sampling 9. The fiducial argument 10. Estimation 11. Point estimation 12. Bayes' theory 13. The subjective theory.