CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae, 30th Edition (Hardcover)

~ Daniel Zwillinger (Editor)

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An excellent reference resource for all readership levels, this guide offers easy navigation through a browseable table of contents and an extensive index. It follows a natural progression for those studying the subject. It is logical, useful, and affordable. Summing up: Highly Recommended.
- CHOICE, September 2003

The 31st Edition of the CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae is, without a doubt, the new and improved bible of mathematics. It is an outstanding reference book, containing more than 30 new sections, covering more than 3,000 items, and including tables, properties, etc. The index has been revamped to make it faster and easier to find results.
Author Daniel Zwillinger has done an excellent job keeping the same successful format that has characterized earlier editions of the handbook. It won't teach you math, but if you use math for any project, you will find what you need to know here. For example, Chapter 1 begins with an analysis of numbers and then combines them into series and products. Chapter 2 covers the different types of algebra studied: elementary, linear, and abstract. Chapter 3 covers traditional discrete topics such as combinatorics, graph theory, coding theory, information theory, operations search, and game theory. Then, Chapter 4 covers all aspects of geometry, from points, lines, planes, and surfaces to polyhedra, coordinate systems, and differential geometry.
Chapter 5 covers calculus material: differentiation, integration, differential and integral equations, and tensor analysis. Chapter 6 contains a sequence of functions -- starting with the trigonometric, exponential, and hyperbolic functions and leading to many of the common functions encountered in applications. Chapter 7 begins with basic probability information and leads to common statistical needs. Then, Chapter 8 explores numerical solutions of linear and nonlinear algebraic systems, numerical algorithms for linear algebra, and numerical solutions of ordinary and* partial differential equations. Chapter 9 contains the formulae needed to determine the return on an investment and explains how to determine annuity. Finally, Chapter 10 provides an area for miscellaneous information, including biographies of famous mathematicians.
Mathematicians will find this handbook indispensable -- an absolute must-have desk reference. The ready access of tables that may be needed in mathematical endeavors will make life much easier for engineers, scientists, mathematicians, or even for those who are in the process of studying these and related subjects.
--John Vacca, the former computer security official (CSO) for NASA's space station program (Freedom), for The Barnes & Noble Review

The 31st Edition of the CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae is, without a doubt, the new and improved bible of mathematics. It is an outstanding reference book, containing more than 30 new sections, covering more than 3,000 items, and including tables, properties, etc. The index has been revamped to make it faster and easier to find results.
Author Daniel Zwillinger has done an excellent job keeping the same successful format that has characterized earlier editions of the handbook. It wont teach you math, but if you use math for any project, you will find what you need to know here. For example, Chapter 1 begins with an analysis of numbers and then combines them into series and products. Chapter 2 covers the different types of algebra studied: elementary, linear, and abstract. Chapter 3 covers traditional discrete topics such as combinatorics, graph theory, coding theory, information theory, operations search, and game theory. Then, Chapter 4 covers all aspects of geometry, from points, lines, planes, and surfaces to polyhedra, coordinate systems, and differential geometry.
Chapter 5 covers calculus material: differentiation, integration, differential and integral equations, and tensor analysis. Chapter 6 contains a sequence of functions -- starting with the trigonometric, exponential, and hyperbolic functions and leading to many of the common functions encountered in applications. Chapter 7 begins with basic probability information and leads to common statistical needs. Then, Chapter 8 explores numerical solutions of linear and nonlinear algebraic systems, numerical algorithms for linear algebra, and numerical solutions of ordinary and* partial differential equations. Chapter 9 contains the formulae needed to determine the return on an investment and explains how to determine annuity. Finally, Chapter 10 provides an area for miscellaneous information, including biographies of famous mathematicians.
Mathematicians will find this handbook indispensable -- an absolute must-have desk reference. The ready access of tables that may be needed in mathematical endeavors will make life much easier for engineers, scientists, mathematicians, or even for those who are in the process of studying these and related subjects.
--John Vacca, the former computer security official (CSO) for NASAs space station program (Freedom), for The Barnes & Noble Review --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Description

The 30th edition still provides you with all of the usual tools. As always, the handbook covers numbers, geometry, trigonometry, calculus, special functions, numerical methods, probability, and statistics; along with many new topics, such as control theory and design theory. This is an excellent reference handbook for modern mathematics, filled with tables, formulae, equations, and descriptions.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 811 pages
• Publisher: CRC-Press; 30th ed. edition (February 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849324793
• ISBN-13: 978-0849324796
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #472,040 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best reference you could have, October 6, 2003

By	David Kahler (Ithaca, New York USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae, 31st Edition (Hardcover)

I am a graduate student in engineering, I did my undergraduate in physics and mathematics. This is by far the number one book that I would suggest to anyone in any science or math. I find the most useful sections are the table of integrals, derivatives, trig identities, geometric formulae, physical constants, and unit conversions (all lists are quite complete). I have a number of other references, including this book's big brother, the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, but I find this one easier to use for most applications. I actually have a much older edition that my dad gave me when he was studying engineering, but I've looked through the new one, and it looks as good as the old. I'm actually buying a second copy to have at the lab.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great reference, July 27, 1999

By	William Dorin (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

Clearer, newly typeset, and better-indexed than previous editions. Still has the comprehensive integral tables and a good trig reference section. The D.E. reference is still a little obscure. Good series section, good statistics. A nifty, if hardly "standard" topology/ knot section. All in all, keeps most of the good stuff, reorganizes, and resets old versions - due to the ambition of the new sections and scope of the reorganzation, a little bit disorganized. But it'll certainly be taken care of in the next edition by CRC, which consisently produces high-quality handbooks.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Far superior to previous editions, November 29, 1998

By A Customer

The 30th edition is better organized than any previous editions. The print is much clearer and the scope of the reference has been greatly increased. If you own a previous edition of this text and depend on it as I do, the 30th is a must!