applied mathematics


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Noun1.Applied mathematics - the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological worldapplied mathematics - the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world
math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
linear programming - a mathematical technique used in economics; finds the maximum or minimum of linear functions in many variables subject to constraints
statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
probability theory, theory of probability - the branch of applied mathematics that deals with probabilities
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Translations
aplikovaná matematika
sovellettu matematiikka
anvendt matematikk
tillämpad matematik
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PLANS: Major in applied mathematics at the University of Connecticut.
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(Sylvania, OH) is undergoing a major expansion with the launch of five new Journals, including Applied Mathematics Research eXpress with an issue in late 2003, and Advances in Difference Equations, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, International Mathematics Research Surveys and Fixed Point Theory and Applications with issues in early 2004.
This year the Campus had a 100 per cent record in many subjects including physics, human biology, pure mathematics, applied mathematics, electronics and environment science.
The disciplines were: (1) Social/Behavioral Sciences; (2) Business; (3) Physical Sciences; and (4) Applied Mathematics. A number of distinctive characteristics were found for each course.
Applied mathematics has played a visible role at NBS/NIST since the Math Tables project in the 1930s, and formal mathematical and statistical organizations have been part of NBS/NIST since the establishment of the National Applied Mathematics Laboratory in 1947.
Prof Stephen Hawking, of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University, said genetic engineering on humans was almost bound to happen.

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