NS MANUAL
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FINITE M ATHEMATICS
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AND ITS A PPLICATIONS
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V THIRTEENTH EDITION V
Larry J. Goldstein
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GoldsteinVEducationalVTechnologies
David I. Schneider
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UniversityVofVMaryland
Martha J. Siegel
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TowsonVUniversity
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nyVeventVforVincidentalVorVconsequentialVdamagesVinVconnectionVwith,VorVarisingVoutVof,VtheVfurnishing,Vpe
rformance,VorVuseVofVtheseVprograms.
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ISBN-13:V 978-0-13-761654-1
, Contents
ChapterV1: LinearVEquationsVandVStraightVLines 1–1
ChapterV2: Matrices 2–1
ChapterV3: LinearVProgramming,VAVGeometricVApproach 3–1
ChapterV4: TheVSimplexVMethod 4–1
ChapterV5: SetsVandVCounting 5–1
ChapterV6: Probability 6–1
ChapterV7: ProbabilityVandVStatistics 7–1
ChapterV8: MarkovVProcesses 8–1
ChapterV9: TheVTheoryVofVGames 9–1
ChapterV10 TheVMathematicsVofVFinance 10–1
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ChapterV11: Logic 11–1
ChapterV12 DifferenceVEquationsVandVMathematicalVModels 12–1
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